🧹 5S & Lean Workplace Organization

A disorganized workplace quietly costs time, quality and safety every single day. This course teaches 5S — the lean foundation for a clean, efficient and visual workplace — end to end: the five Japanese steps Seiri (Sort), Seiton (Set in order), Seiso (Shine), Seiketsu (Standardize) and Shitsuke (Sustain), their origins in the Toyota Production System, and how each one reduces waste (muda) and defects while improving safety and morale. You will learn how to run a red-tag campaign, design point-of-use storage with shadow boards and floor marking, use cleaning as inspection, lock in gains with visual standards, and sustain the whole system through 5S audits, leadership walks and the extended 6S model that adds Safety. It is aligned with lean and 5S guidance from ASQ, the EPA Lean toolkits, the Lean Enterprise Institute and NIST MEP. The course is organized into 6 modules, ending with a final exam (pass mark 80%). It is free awareness-level training designed for anyone who needs a practical, working understanding of the topic.

What you'll learn

• What 5S is and why it matters for waste, quality and safety
• Sort (Seiri) — separate what is needed from what is not
• Set in order (Seiton) — a place for everything, everything in its place
• Shine (Seiso) — cleaning is inspecting
• Standardize (Seiketsu) — make the first three S's the standard
• Sustain (Shitsuke) and adding Safety as 6S

Learning objectives

• Explain the origins and five steps of 5S and how each builds on the last
• Run a Sort/red-tag campaign that removes clutter without discarding critical items
• Design point-of-use storage using shadow boards, floor marking and labels
• Use Shine as inspection to catch leaks, wear and defects early
• Standardize the first three S's with visual controls and assigned responsibilities
• Sustain 5S through audits and leadership walks, and extend it to 6S