Operational Excellence

Five S (5S): Creating the Productive Workplace

Five S (5S) is a visually-oriented system of cleanliness, organization, and arrangement designed to facilitate greater productivity, safety, and quality. It provides a foundation for more responsible behavior on the job—better work, better products, better morale.

GP's Operational Excellence Practice (formerly GP Deltapoint) offers competitively-priced materials and consulting services for clients wishing to implement 5S in their manufacturing or service organization. Our 5S services and products include:

• Five S: Creating the Productive Workplace book series and video or DVD
• 5S Leader Seminar
• 5S Rapid Improvement™

Five S: Creating the Productive Workplace provides a user-friendly guide to achieving more order, efficiency, and productivity in your workplace. The approach described in these products includes:

• Introducing 5S—Descriptions and illustrations of each of the five S's: Sorting, Simplifying, Systematic Cleaning, Standardizing, and Sustaining
• Getting Started—Instructions on how to plan for and begin implementation
• Implementing 5S—Step-by-step actions that will take an organization through Levels 2 and 3 of the 5S Levels of Achievement
• Refining 5S—Step-by-step actions that will take you through Levels 4 and 5 of the 5S Levels of Achievement, achieving world-class performance

Five S Products

The books and video or DVD are sold separately or as a specially-priced kit.

Five S: Creating the Productive Workplace—$59.95

Provides a comprehensive, easy-to-follow guidebook designed for anyone wishing to implement 5S and achieve more workplace order, efficiency, and productivity. It introduces the 5S concepts, and provides step-by-step guidance on preparing for, implementing, and refining 5S. (171 pages, ISBN 0-87683-393-8)

Sharing Five S: Leaders' Guide—$59.95

Describes how to conduct 5S implementation workshops, master copies of presentation material, forms, and checklists for use as stand alone or as a companion to other GP Deltapoint Five S publications. (144 pages, ISBN 0-87683-392-X)

Five S: The Basics—$9.95

A quick, easy-to-read booklet filled with example photographs designed to introduce 5S to front-line employees (29 pages, ISBN 0-87683-395-4)

Five S at Your Fingertips—$9.95

A pocket guide listing each preparation, implementation, and refinement step described in Five S: Creating the Productive Workplace designed as a quick reference for those implementing 5S. (39 pages, ISBN 0-87683-394-6)

Five S: Creating the Productive Workplace Video or DVD—$375.00

With your choice of video or DVD, we illustrate 5S in action for teams about to begin their 5S journey, or needing reinforcement once 5S has been implemented; includes how to prepare for 5S, and front-line employees describing before and after 5S implementation in both office and manufacturing workplaces. (30-minute video, ISBN 0-87683-391-1)

Five S: Creating the Productive Workplace Kit—$570.00

A kit designed as a cost-effective, yet comprehensive, resource for those leading 5S implementations. (Includes five copies of Fingertips and The Basics, and one copy of Creating the Productive Workplace, Leaders' Guide, and Video or DVD as described above; ISBN 0-87683-390-3)