5S & Visual Workplace Management

Venue:

Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur (KL) & Penang (PG)

Singapore

Indonesia

Vietnam

Thailand

China

Philippine

Mauritius

Australia

Workshop Overview
5S is a simple but highly effective set of techniques that remove waste from your work
environment through better workplace organization, visual communication and general
cleanliness. The pillars of 5S are defined as Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize and
Sustain. Because each of the five pillars begins with S, this method was appropriately
named 5S.
This course will clearly position 5S methods within the proper context of Lean and value
stream improvement. In order to have product or services flow in small batches,
workplace organization, cleanliness and standardization are absolutely essential. More
importantly, you will see the significant role that your employees will play in
implementing 5S methods, resulting also in a safer, healthier workplace.

Often when we are mapping, we notice that the flow of materials and information is very
difficult to determine because of unneeded materials and equipment in the work area,
poor work center organization, lack of visual information, and generally dirty working
conditions. It is therefore very difficult to make measurable progress unless something is
done about these working conditions. This is where our 5S workshop comes into play.

During the workshop, pilot areas are chosen for improvement during class from the
future state value stream map. This workshop can be taught in either the office or shop
floor environment.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the session, participants will be able to understand and immediately
apply the following 5S concepts in their own workplace:

5S - Sort
» The first pillar of 5S helps to clearly distinguish the items needed in a work area from
those no longer needed. Red tagging is the activity that eliminates these unneeded
items.
5S - Set In Order
» The second pillar of 5S helps to keep the needed items in the correct place to allow for
easy and immediate retrieval.
5S - Shine
» The third pillar of 5S helps to keep work areas, all work surfaces and equipment clean
and free from dirt, debris, oil, etc.
5S - Standardize
» The fourth pillar of 5S defines the standard activities, procedures, schedules and the
persons responsible for helping keep the workplace in a clean and organized.
5S - Sustain
» SUSTAIN is the last pillar of 5S and drives the organization to be disciplined in
maintaining these new standards and procedures and in continuously improving the 5S
state of the workplace.

Workshop Methodology
Participants will be stimulated to participate with active interaction in hands-on and
practical team activities like business simulation, group discussions & presentations, and
case studies.
What You Will Learn

3 Day Session:

Half Day Preparation - Instructor and Sponsors Only

 Trainer tours facility
 Trainer and sponsors select pilot area from future state map
 Organize participants into teams
 Preparation of classroom and materials
Day 1
 Introduction
 5S & Lean
 Types of waste in the work place
 Flow
 Getting started
 Sort
 Exercise - apply sort to pilot area
Day 2
 Set in order
 Exercise - create a visual layout for all material and tools in pilot area
 Shine
 Exercise - design shine schedules and assignments for pilot area
 Standardize
 Exercise - create visual aids and standard work for the pilot area
Day 3
 Sustain
 Exercise - defining outstanding actions to complete pilot area
 Complete implementation

Duration: 3 days

For more information, please kindly call us at 604-6467110 or

Email us at acheah@leanadvisors.com
Website: www.leanadvisors.com