The 5S of Good Housekeeping

In your own room, you begin to segregate which items are for keeps and which are for wastebasket.

it means putting the necessary items in their respective places and providing easy access, and it also entails putting every necessary item in good order, focusing on efficient and effective storage methods.

It involves cleaning everything, keeping it clean daily, and using cleaning activities to inspect the workplace and equipment for defects, above all else it means keeping the workplace clean daily.

This is a condition that involves creating visual controls and guidelines for keeping the workplace organized, orderly and clean.

This is a stage where all members of the organization or household practice the first four S’s spontaneously and willingly as a way of life, and all the other S's become the culture in the organization.

An activity where all the employees need to look around the workplace to discover and identify items which are not needed and not necessary to complete work.

This activity requires development of criteria for disposal of not-needed items.

This involves taking into account all the processes or steps involved in the work flow, then deciding which things to put where.

This activity means deciding with colleagues about which things to put where from the point of view of efficient operations, making sure that everybody is informed at the workplace about positioning of the items., and finally, making a clear list of items with their locations and putting them inside lockers or cabinets for safety.

it involves making it a habit to clean the workplace before starting of the job and before closing the job, or putting aside 10 or 15 minutes for the same activity per day.

It involves finding ways to prevent dirt and contamination as well as identifying and tagging every item that causes contamination.

This activity involves creating procedures and forms for regularly evaluating the status of the first segregation, systematizing and sanitizing.

Instead of criticizing poor cases, praise and commend good practices or good performers, and more importantly, initiate an Inter-departmental competition as an effective means of enhancing interest in 5S.

In this activity, root cause problem-solving process should be in place where root causes are eliminated and improvement actions include prevention.

This activity involves training and discipline to ensure that everyone follows the 5S standards, as well as to instill that dedication, commitment, devotion and sincerity are needed in implementation of 5S on daily basis.