subject: Overview Of 5 S Lean Management [print this page] Introduction to 5 S Introduction to 5 S
Japanese style of management has become popular the world over. Some of the Japanese management approaches and techniques have gained global acceptance and are now being practical in many countries.
In early 1980s good housekeeping become a pertinent issue in Japanese Industries, as companies realised its powerful contribution to productivity and quality improvement. The 5S principal pioneered by Toyota Motors focuses upon creating a primer quality of workplace where in quality can take firm roots. 5S is a systematic approach to good housekeeping leading to a cleaner, safer and better work place, which is fundamental to productivity and quality.
Japanese industry did not start off strong. In fact Japanese industry has very little comparative advantage has traditionally been understand. There is no over gushing out the ground. There are no vast mines reaping with iron ore. The coal veins are poor & uneconomical. The forests are scraggly. The country cannot even grow enough food to feed its people.
Then why Japanese Industry considered such a threat in so many lands, because there is one resource that Japan does have in abundance. People who know that nothing comes free & who are willing to study hard & work hard to earn their way. Japans functionally illiteracy rate is amongst the lowest in the world. Its labour relations are among the most harmonious because workers know the importance of finding better ways of doing things to make their jobs easier, their output better and their lives more comfortable.
What is a 5s movement basically? It is a determination to organise work place, to keep it neat to maintain standardise conditions & to maintain discipline that is needed to do a good job.
Definition Of 5S
A Japanese invention to make work place smooth going, disciplined, clean & impressive
Significance of the word 5S
5s Comprises 5 Japanese Words That Start From S
1. Seiri - sorting out unnecessary around you.
2. Seiton - set in a way that gives quick retrivability.
3. Seiso - Daily cleaning & inspection of work place to keep things ready to use.
