nd it has three stages or microsteps. The first in is to prioritize what you need to use every day by frequency of use. You need to be able to retrieve things quickly when you need them. It’s time to determine where and when you need the items to allow for an efficient workflow.
‘Seiketsu,’ or Japanese for “standardizing,” is the fourth step in the 5S process. Now that you know what you need, where to store it and how to maintain it, make it official! This stage builds on the idea of sharing best practices, auditing and checking in on 5S efforts with regularity. By standardizing the approach to 5S, organizational efforts are sustained in the long run by everyone, everywhere.
5S Your Life – Prevent small problems from getting bigger
The 5S methodology takes seriously every single issue, exposes it, and requires a solution to solve it, reduce it, or contain it. Expose complex issues is micro-step #8 in the 5S Your Life, the second one in the shine step, to achieve self-organization and stop procrastination.
The third step of the 5S methodology is shine. This phase focuses on shining and cleaning everything to spot hidden problems (oil leaks, water drops, etc.). Cleaning is not just a matter of image; it is a matter of good communication. You can detect errors easily!