5S

Reported by:
Maricel E. Cotanda
Lorraine Marie Oaferina
BEED-3A

*5s

is the most basic and fundamental

approach for productivity and quality
improvement in all types of business and
particularly effective at plants and
factories.

*5s

is a process to create more productive

people
and
more
productive
company
through
motivation,
education
and
practice of it.

*It

is a creation of a strong corporate

culture
filled
with
spirit
of
high
productivity.

Japanese

English

Brief explanation

SEIRI

SORT

Take out unnecessary items and

dispose

SEITON

SYSTEMATIZE

Arrange necessary items in good

order for use

SEISO

SWEEP

Clean your workplace

SEIKETSU

SANITIZE

Maintain high standard of

housekeeping

SHITSUKE

SELF-DISCIPLINE

Do things spontaneously without

being told or ordered

How to Practice 5s:

SEIRI (SORT)
1. Look around. Discover and identify
items w/c are unnecessary to your work.
2. If you and your colleagues cannot
decide if an item

is necessary or

unnecessary, put Disposal notice with the

date o the item. Set the item aside.
3. If no one needed the item for 3
months, that means the item is not

SEITON (SYSTEMATIZE)
1. Make sure all unnecessary items are
eliminated from your workplace.
2. Decide with your colleagues w/c things to
put where also from the point of view of
efficient operation.
3. Make a list of things with their locations
and put it on locker/cabinets.
Label each drawer to show what is kept.
4. Indicate where fire extinguishers are
located, passages for forklifts/carts and
warning signs for safety precautions.

SEISO (SWEEP)
1. Do not wait until things get dirty.
2. Put aside 3 minutes everyday for
SEISO (SWEEP).
3. You and your colleagues should be
responsible for the work around you.
4. Never throw anything and make it your
habit.
5. Cleaning is also checking.

SEIKETSU (SANITIZE)

1. Create a maintenance system for

housekeeping.
2. Interdepartmental competition is a
very effective means of sustaining and
enhancing peoples interest on 5s.

SHITSUKE (SELF-DISCIPLINE)
-It is the most important concept
of 5s from the point of view of
long-term productivity improvement.
- There is no other way to foster
such culture than practicing 4ss
regularly until such time comes when
everyone becomes fond of 5s

*What can you gain from 5s?

a. Individual
-. Makes your workplace more pleasant.
-. Makes your work more efficient.
-. Improves your safety.
-. Improves quality of your work and your products
b. Company
-. P : Increase PRODUCTION
-. Q : improves QUALITY
-. C : reduces COSTS
-. D : makes DELIVERY on time
-. S : improves SAFETY
-. M : improves MORALE