Succeeding with 5s

Book excerpt: Everyone wants order, but no one wishes to clean up someone else's mess... Succeeding with 5S is a detailed step-by-step guide for when you need to work together to improve your workplace and simultaneously build a foundation for future improvement and Lean work. This book answers questions like: How do you plan your work? How do you get all of the staff interested? Are there any traps and what form do they take? How will the manager's role change? How can you visualize the work? 5S can be used everywhere that relies on cooperation in shared workplaces. This book gives examples from production, the service industry, and administrative processes through case studies from companies like Trioplast, Holmen, and Aditro. Succeeding with 5S is meant for the people who are leading, supporting or participating in the work.