5s workspace free#

5s workspace free#

Once everything is in its rightful place and organized via the previous two steps, the employees must go through the entire workstation or area and make it spotless, free of grime, dust, dirt, etc. Shine is the definition of deep cleaning. While eliminating wasted time this step also hits that improved safety feature! These help employees find where objects go rather than letting things like wrenches, screwdrivers, and other potentially sharp objects pile up in a drawer waiting for someone to hurt themselves.

Useful tools to think about in this step of 5S are shadow boards and foam tool organizers.Lost time is a form of waste which is why organization is an important part of tidying the workspace. By placing these tools in their most logical homes productivity will not suffer from lost time looking for tools. This is a critical step in 5S methodology because this is where efficiency comes into play. Set in Order focuses on where those objects and tools go after they are sorted. If the items are not used within a period of time, the equipment should be removed since has become a source of wasted of space.

Red tags are super handy during this step because they allow for equipment to be placed in a holding area due to its lack of frequent use However, these tagged items still may prove useful later which is why they are kept.

By removing everything from the area and sorting them into 4 different categories (keep, remove, probation, and move) that area will be on its way to a fresh start. Sort is the first step in utilizing 5S to eliminate the problem of waste in the workplace.