Workplace practices most often used to make frequently used tools, supplies and equipment visible and within reach, and a system to maintain that order. The S's represent five Japanese words, but similar English words are often used for ease of memory. Some companies add a sixth S to represent Safety.
Seiri, or Sort: Elimination of unneeded items.
Color coding equipment, tools, materials, documentation
Green, yellow and red tag definitions
Disposition of green, yellow and red tag materials
Seiton, or Set-in-order: Define a place for everything.
Red tag areas
Shadow board techniques
Seiso, or Shine: Clean the workplace.
Cleaning schedules
Seiketsu, or Standardize: Identify work standards.
Different people doing the same work, the same way, with the same results
Make 5s part of the culture
Standardization benchmarks
Visual work instructions
Shitsuke, or Sustain: Sustain the gains made by the preceding steps.
Developing a 5S audit process
Visual audit forms
Audit schedules
Visual audit training