Five S and Five S Certification

Five 'S' is the silent informer of a company's attitude to quality workplace management and people management. The earliest way to determine a company's attitude towards improvement activities is simply to walk around the factory and offices and observe the house keeping practice. It often tells us more about the company than any financial statement. One can judge the level of improvement activities from the way tools are stored, and chips from machines handled, work table organized, inspection points indicated, factory floor swept, machines cleaned, canteen and toilet condition etc. The practices reflect the management's general attitude towards work and employees. We should understand the linkage between the level of Five 'S' and the amount of defective products produced, the number of machine breakdown, inventory level and so on. Therefore Five 'S' should be among the first steps management should take for improving the company's quality status.

Five 'S' are an important aspect of team work. If we don't do Five 'S', we cannot do any other work effectively Five 'S' starts with each individual practicing it. When we go to work we notice many things, which are not in order, but we overlook them and turn a blind eye to them. Unfortunately we do not realize that many of our problems will disappear if We pay attention to Five 'S'.

ROAD MAP RECOMIVIENDED AND USED BY QCFI FOR FIVE 'S':

1. Awareness Programmed for Senior Executives.

2. Formation of Steering Committee and discussions on action plan.

3. Awareness programmed for Middle Management.

4. Video/ Still photography of Total areas.

5. Trainers Training Programmed.

Council Members training programmed with the help of Trainees development.

7. Exposure programmed for all employees. First 4 batches in presence of QCFI faculty

8. Implementation of Five 'S' in Senior Executives' offices and public places.

9. Declaration of '1S' (about 2 to 4 months depending upon size of organization).

10. Declaration of '2 S' (about 2 to 4 months depending upon size of organization).

11. Start of self audit weekly and audit by Committee Monthly

12. Implementation of 'intensive 3 S'.

13. Implementation of '4 S' and ensuring that they become a discipline ('5 S').

14. Final audit by QCFI for Five 'S' certification.