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5S: GOOD HOUSEKEEPING TECHNIQUES FOR ENHANCING PRODUCTIVITY, QUALITY AND SAFETY AT THE WORKPLACE

Export Quality Bulletin No 89/2012

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5S: GOOD HOUSEKEEPING TECHNIQUES

5S:

GOOD HOUSEKEEPING TECHNIQUES FOR ENHANCING PRODUCTIVITY, QUALITY AND SAFETY AT THE WORKPLACE

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This bulletin provides information on 5 S good housekeeping techniques which can be used as a tool for systematic approach for productivity, quality and safety improvement in all types of business. This bulletin has been prepared, without formal editing, by Y. C. Ennin and D. Obi, ITC Interns, under the guidance of K. Ramful, Senior Adviser on Export Quality Management, and in cooperation with L. Ghizzoni, Adviser on Export Quality Management, and H. Menon, Trade Training Officer, Enterprise Competitiveness Section, Division of Business and Institutional Support, International Trade Centre (ITC). For more information: Street address: ITC, 54-56 rue de Montbrillant, CH 1202 Geneva, Switzerland Postal address: ITC, Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland Telephone: +41.22.730.01.11 ? Fax +41.22.730.05.76 E-mail: quality@ - Internet: The designations employed and the presentation of material in this document do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the International Trade Centre concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. This document has not formally been edited by the International Trade Centre.

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Contents

1. What is 5S all about? ............................................................................................................................ 1 2. What is the meaning of 5S? .................................................................................................................. 1 3. Why do we practice the 5S?.................................................................................................................. 2 4. How do we practice the 5S?.................................................................................................................. 3

4.1. SORT - SEIRI.............................................................................................................................. 3 4.2. SET IN ORDER - SEITON .......................................................................................................... 4 4.3. SHINE - SEISO ........................................................................................................................... 5 4.4. STANDARDIZE - SEIKETSU...................................................................................................... 6 4.1. SUSTAIN - SHITSUKE ............................................................................................................... 7 5. What is management's role in implementing 5S? ................................................................................. 9 6. Additional guidelines for implementing 5S .......................................................................................... 10

Annexes I. Diagnostic Checklist for 5S..............................................................................................11 II. Applying 5S in a Quality Improvement Project in the Light Engineering Sector (LES) in Bangladesh.......................................................................................................................14 Table 1. The five steps of Japanese 5 S ........................................................................................................ 1 Table 2. Sort - Seiri......................................................................................................................................... 4 Table 3: Set-in-order - Seiton ......................................................................................................................... 5 Table 4. Shine - Seiso .................................................................................................................................... 6 Table 5: Standardize ? Sieketsu..................................................................................................................... 7 Table 6. Sustain - Shitsuke............................................................................................................................. 8

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