Talk:5S (methodology)/Archives/2012

Some pictures, if you like

These pictures were taken at a 5S organized, valves plant in northern Germany

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  Tools drawer at a 5S working place
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  Break- and co-ordination place in 5S organized plant
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  Cleaning-Points at a 5S organized plant

-- Tasma3197 (talk) 11:48, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Safety as a 6th option

I elected to change "Sometimes "Safety" as a 6th optional S." to "...Sometimes "Safety" is included as a 6th S." While safety may be a 6th option it would not, in this case, be "optional." DAMurphy 23:45, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Is there or should there be, a link or section regarding 5-S Methodology in movies or TV shows? In the movie "Eagle vs. Shark", there was a peg board for hanging tools in Jarrod's bedroom. It had 5-S outlines showing where the tools should hang. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.205.130.194 (talk) 12:51, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

I did not see the reference to the 6th S, so I added it. It may be argued that it is not part of true "5S" but it does exist and is implemented in many places, so I don't think it should be left out completely. Revise it as you see fit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.72.234.5 (talk) 16:41, 6 August 2008 (UTC) aaa —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.161.64.106 (talk) 07:34, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

I added a citation for the 6th S as Safety from a publicly available United States government training resources site. There are also plenty of commercial references to its use. As a professional in the field, my experience has also been that this "sixth S" is very often included in implementation of the methodology. MikeBz (talk) 21:49, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

History

The Japanese might have put a nice catchphrase to it. But "5S" was taught to us when I was an apprentice 30 years ago. We couldn't head for the showers until our work shop and benches were inspected by the teacher and found to be clean, standardized and in order.