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  • abbreviation Sort, straighten, shine, standardize, sustain: a workplace discipline used to ensure reliable work practices and a clean working environment, now used in the West but originally from Japan.

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Examples

  • The assertion of 5S is that by assigning everything a location time is not wasted by looking for things.

    Getting Things Done with 5S Philosophy 2007

  • The assertion of 5S is that by assigning everything a location time is not wasted by looking for things.

    Archive 2007-07-01 2007

  • Lean manufacturers around the world have implemented a methodology for workplace organization called 5S to help them eliminate waste, improve work flow and reduce downtime at their facilities.

    ThomasNet News - Today's New Product News 2010

  • The linchpin of the productivity initiative at Wabi is a program called 5S - sort, straighten, sweep, standardize and sustain.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2010

  • Nearly every company on the lean journey has taken its first steps into the process by way of "5S", otherwise know as Workplace Organization.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • Tools such as 5S, Kanban, standard work and visual control, are favored by practitioners of Lean who are driven by the desire to remove waste and the principle of the continual search for the "better way" to add value for customers.

    shmula 2010

  • Extensive implementation experience of following techniques such as 5S, FMEA, Heijunka,

    chicagotribune.com - 2010

  • Nearly every company on the lean journey has taken its first steps into the process by way of "5S", otherwise know as Workplace Organization.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • Of studies, syntheses, synopses, summaries, and systems: the "5S" evolution of information services for evidence-based health care decisions

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Of studies, syntheses, synopses, summaries, and systems: the "5S" evolution of information services for evidence-based health care decisions

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

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