Today's Lean! Using 5S to Organize and Standardize Areas and Files

Today’s Lean! Using 5S to Organize and Standardize Areas and Files is another book from the Today’s Lean series published by MCS Media, Inc. Today’s Lean! Using 5S to Organize and Standardize Areas and Files provides the following: 


1. A standard communication platform for each step or phase of 5S 

2. Examples (photos, forms, worksheets, etc.) of 5S practices from a wide range of industries, as well as the physical areas and electronic or Desktop areas 

3. Dropbox file links to over 15 Excel worksheets for immediate application and use in your 5S project 

4. Easy 1-2-3… steps as a guide for implementation 

5. A 5S Needs Assessment 

6. A 5S Audit 

7. Detailed case studies on how a few organizations used the 5S tool in their Lean journey 


The following worksheets are made available via Dropbox file links throughout the publications:

Rapid Improvement (Kaizen) Event Preparation Sheet (1)
Rapid Improvement (Kaizen) Event Preparation Sheet (2)
Kaizen Event Scorecard
Sort Inspection Sheet
5S Item Disposition Log 

Sort Standard Operation Procedure (SOP)
Criteria Checklist for Set-In-Order (SIO)
Feedback Photography Worksheet
Set-In-Order SOP
Criteria Checklist for Shine
Shine SOP
Criterial Checklist for Shine
Shine SOP
Visual Control Chart
5S Job List
5 Minute 5S Checklist
Standards SOP
5S Audit Form
5S Scan Checklist
Sustain SOP


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