Journey Towards 5S: Tools to Organize a Workspace

Abstract

Being at the messy level, the only thing that is thought of is to perform the task in hand without giving importance of keeping an organized area. Things just go in a spot, in fact, any spot will do. Management decided to go on the great journey 5S has to offer, by developing a game plan to sustain the movements of goods and keeping the house clean. Establishing a kanban supermarket to accomplish their goals to sort and straighten everything in their rightful place. Having performed time study, revealing that it took an average of 55 minutes to set up a workstation, the laboratories got sorted out, set in order and shined. With the aid of different 5S tools, this project can rest assure that it will be sustained, thanks to its standardized metrics and guides. Key Terms ⎯ 5S, Kanban, Organized Workstation, TIMWOOD Reduction.