5S Training and Implementation

Workplace disorganization hampers productivity as employees waste time looking for tools, materials, and equipment. Dirty equipment makes it difficult to recognize and correct minor problems before they become major breakdowns. Both conditions contribute to defects and accidents. 5S is a simple, yet highly effective, low-cost way to improve workplace organization and operational efficiency. Its implementation immediately reduces wasted effort and provides a cleaner, safer work environment. Our lean consultants will collaborate with your team to organize work areas by following the proven 5S process:

• Sort items by frequency of use; identify and remove unnecessary items
• Set in order necessary items, placing them at hand, with defined locations
• Shine equipment, thoroughly cleaning and examining it regularly to detect precursors of major breakdowns
• Standardize organization and gain visual control throughout your operation
• Sustain the gains through 5S audits, communication, and discipline, achieving continuous improvements as employees embrace changes and make them part of their daily lives

Catalyst Connection supplements these steps by training your team to:

• Quantify the condition of the area, identifying the greatest opportunities for improvement, and providing a benchmark for measuring future improvements
• Red-tag unnecessary items and remove them from the area
• Use on-hand and low-cost materials to establish logical, easily recognizable locations for tools, materials, and other necessary items
• Thoroughly clean all equipment to reveal the condition of belts, hoses, and wires, and to trace sources of leaking fluids
• Brainstorm in order to evaluate accomplishments, incorporate new ideas, and develop standards for implementation in other areas

Benefits

5S implementation in the workplace will:

• Increase efficiency, productivity, competitiveness, and profitability
• Simplify work environments
• Enhance safety
• Heighten morale
• Encourage organization-wide understanding and commitment to the 5S methodology