Operational Excellence
Five S (5S): Creating The Productive Workplace
Five S (5S) is a visually-oriented system of cleanliness, organization, and arrangement designed to facilitate greater productivity, safety, and quality.
It provides a foundation for more responsible behavior on the job—better work, better products, better morale.
GP Strategies’ Operational Excellence Practice (formerly GP Strategies Deltapoint) offers competitively-priced materials and consulting services for clients wishing to implement 5S in their manufacturing or service organization. Our 5S services and products include:
Five S: Creating the Productive Workplace provides a user-friendly guide to achieving more order, efficiency, and productivity in your workplace. The approach described in these products includes:
- Introducing 5S—Descriptions and illustrations of each of the five S’s: Sorting, Simplifying, Systematic Cleaning, Standardizing, and Sustaining
- Getting Started—Instructions on how to plan for and begin implementation
- Implementing 5S—Step-by-step actions that will take an organization through Levels 2 and 3 of the 5S Levels of Achievement
- Refining 5S—Step-by-step actions that will take you through Levels 4 and 5 of the 5S Levels of Achievement, achieving world-class performance
Five S Products
The books and video or DVD are sold separately or as a specially-priced kit.
Five S: Creating the Productive Workplace—$59.95 Now $49.95
Provides a comprehensive, easy-to-follow guidebook designed for anyone wishing to implement 5S and achieve more workplace order, efficiency, and productivity. It introduces the 5S concepts, and provides step-by-step guidance on preparing for, implementing, and refining 5S. (171 pages, ISBN 0-87683-393-8)
Sharing Five S: Leaders’ Guide—$59.95
Now $49.95
Describes how to conduct 5S implementation workshops, master copies of presentation material, forms, and checklists for use as stand alone or as a companion to other GP Strategies Five S publications. (144 pages, ISBN 0-87683-392-X)
Five S: The Basics—$9.95
A quick, easy-to-read booklet filled with example photographs designed to introduce 5S to front-line employees (29 pages, ISBN 0-87683-395-4)
Five S at Your Fingertips—$9.95
A pocket guide listing each preparation, implementation, and refinement step described in Five S: Creating the Productive Workplace designed as a quick reference for those implementing 5S. (39 pages, ISBN 0-87683-394-6)
Five S: Creating the Productive Workplace Video or DVD—$375.00
Now $125.00
With your choice of video or DVD, we illustrate 5S in action for teams about to begin their 5S journey, or needing reinforcement once 5S has been implemented; includes how to prepare for 5S, and front-line employees describing before and after 5S implementation in both office and manufacturing workplaces. (30-minute video, ISBN 0-87683-391-1)
Five S: Creating the Productive Workplace Kit—$570.00
Now $260.00
A kit designed as a cost-effective, yet comprehensive, resource for those leading 5S implementations. (Includes 5 copies of Fingertips and The Basics, and 1 copy of Creating the Productive Workplace, Leaders’ Guide, and Video or DVD as described above; ISBN 0-87683-390-3)