How to follow "Five - S"(5-S) productivity concept
The “5-S”(five-S) is a well-known concept, which can be found in
Question : Where we can use this concept?
Answer : Anywhere you want.
This concept can be apply to anywhere,
- To your wallet,
- To your Office table,
- To your Home,
- Schools,
- Factories,
- Workshops,
- Shops,
- Farms,
- Warehouses...etc.
What is “Five- S”(5- S)?
This concept consists of five steps, which are starts with English letter “S”.The five Japanese words in English looks like this,
Why “Five- S” (5-S) to you?
Today we are working with very busy environment. We are in hurry to complete our work. Stress will increase with this busy environment.
Your assistant keeps it in another place. Then you spend some time to find it. Due to the situation, you missed the meeting with the customer.
- Places are clean and clear.
- People who work in such a place will improve motivation and efficient
- All of the employees are working according to an order. Therefore, they will improve the discipline without temptation.
- You can complete large amount of work without stress.
- Spread the good image of you or your company.
- You can stop delays in your work.
Seiri (Tidiness)
This is the first step of 5S concept. Once you follow this step, you can identify unnecessary and necessary things in particular place.
Follow the below mention steps,
- Group all the things on your table and inside the drawers of the table into necessary and unnecessary things.
- Divide necessary things to two groups, usually use things and frequently use things.
- Unnecessary things can be divide further more,
- Things that should be destroy.
After grouping things, you can see them like the above diagram. Seri help you to identify
necessary things and unnecessary things. You can sell the unnecessary stuff and make some extra money.
Seiton (Orderliness)
To organize things we can follow the below mention procedure,
- Create address or location network.
- Decide what should be in those locations.
- Use an identification method to those locations.
- Paste labels on those locations.
- Create a method to identify books and files stored in a rack.
Seiso (Cleanliness)
- How to choose cleaning equipments?
- Floor type (Tile, Carpeted and Cement)
- Environment of the place (private, public)
- Budget
- Operational cost.
2. How the particular cleaning equipment operate?
-Time
-Other factors (cleaning powders, liquids)
-Clean up with water, soap or others.
-Special procedures
-Store place
If you can design a good policy of cleaning,
- You can enjoy with cleaning process,
- Reduce unnecessary cost of cleaning,
- you can experience effective daily cleaning process.
Seiketsu (Standardization)
- Give an education about the 5S,
- Advise them, how they can work in this place.
- Use point system to know about, “are we follow it?”
- In the first few days, follow “Seiso” daily until it become a habit.
- Identify unsuccessful situations once a week and try to apply new solutions to them.
If you can start it with your office table successfully and if you can spread it to your home & office, then 5S will help you to become a wealthy person.