5S Supply and Training     5S: Red Tags Red Tags are used to keep the process of change going throughout the 5S workshop while remaining organized in the process. 5S Red Tags are used for visual management of a workspace, clearly marking items that need to be moved creating workplace organization.   5S: Version 2 Solution Package The 5S Version Two Training Package will help you develop and conduct a world-class 5S program. This package is structured around the Sort, Set In Order, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain terminologies. If you are conducting a Lean workshop, a Kaizen Blitz, VSM workshop, or other process improvement programs 5S needs to be apart of your improvement initiative.   5S into Action DVD: Sustaining the Results and Realizing the Benefits This is the best professional video of 5S on the market, professionally written and produced to ensure the key concepts of 5S are communicated to an audience that considers managers as well as employees. Watch a clip from the video   5S Corners The 5S Corners are very easy to use and cost effective in any facility where industrial traffic is found and works great at corners and around pallets or equipment. This is the number one HOT selling 5S item. 50 pack $50     Industral Floor Marking Tape - Rated # 1   Superior Mark is the thinnest, toughest, and most consistent floor tape on the market. This product is thin enough (.035") to prevent many trip hazards but withstands traffic from the busiest facilities.   5S Floor Marking Tape   Promote organization and safety by identifying areas with this 5S floor marking tape. Use this Vinyl Floor Marking Tape to visually control your workspace. Choose the color you want. 1/2", 2", 3" or 4" wide x 108' long.   MightyLine Tape - 3 year warranty   MightyLine is an excellent solution to painting every 6 months. Great for any 5S program. Create a visual workplace with Dots, Foot Prints and visual floor signs.   Durastripe Floor Tape   Durastripe is economical and long lasting with the longest industrial floor tape warranty on the market. Durastripe is easy to clean, with no downtime and no hazardous chemicals needed for removal.   Floor Marking Signs   Floor marking signs are an invaluable tool for facility maintenance. We have a vairety of floor signs to meet all of your safety and organizational needs. With easy to clean signs, with no downtime and no hazardous chemicals needed for removal.

5S

5S is the name of a workplace organization methodology that uses a list of five Japanese words which, transliterated and translated into English, start with the letter S. This list is a mnemonic for a methodology that is often incorrectly characterized as standardized cleanup, however it is much more than cleanup. 5S is a philosophy and a way of organizing and managing the workspace and work flow with the intent to improve efficiency by eliminating waste, improving flow and reducing process unevenness.

#1S Seiri or Sorting: Going through all the tools, materials, etc., in the plant and work area and keeping only essential items. Everything else is stored or discarded.

#2S - Seiton or Straighten or Set in Order: Focuses on efficiency. When we translate this to "Straighten or Set in Order", it sounds like more sorting or sweeping, but the intent is to arrange the tools, equipment and parts in a manner that promotes work flow. For example, tools and equipment should be kept where they will be used, and the process should be set in an order that maximizes efficiency. For every thing there should be place and every thing should be in its place.

#3S - Seiso, Shining or Cleanliness: Systematic Cleaning or the need to keep the workplace clean as well as neat. At the end of each shift, the work area is cleaned up and everything is restored to its place. This makes it easy to know what goes where and have confidence that everything is where it should be. The key point is that maintaining cleanliness should be part of the daily work - not an occasional activity initiated when things get too messy.
#4S - Seiketsu or Standardizing: Standardized work practices or operating in a consistent and standardized fashion. Everyone knows exactly what his or her responsibilities are to keep above 3S's.

#5S - Shitsuke or Sustaining the discipline: Refers to maintaining and reviewing standards. Once the previous 4S's have been established, they become the new way to operate. Maintain the focus on this new way of operating, and do not allow a gradual decline back to the old ways of operating. However, when an issue arises such as a suggested improvement, a new way of working, a new tool or a new output requirement, then a review of the first 4S's is appropriate.

#6S - Safety is sometimes added. There will have to be continuous education about maintaining standards. When there are changes that will affect the 5S programme-such as new equipment, new products or new work rules-it is essential to make changes in the standards and provide training. Companies embracing 5S often use posters and signs as a way of educating employees and maintaining standards.

Floor Tape:

1. Lean - great for 5S and industrial floor tape projects this tape does not have a beveld edge.
2. Supreme V - It is becoming and industry standard in floor tape with beveled edged and a lean profile Supreme can handle traffic and 5S or Lean Projects.