The 5S methodology was developed in Japan in the (successful) effort to improve the manufacturing industry. It started as a workplace organization system that uses five Japanese words, all beginning with the letter “S”: seiri, seiton, seiso, seiketsu, and shitsuke (sort, straighten, shine, standardize, sustain, though other words in English have also been used to translate 5S).
The idea behind 5S is to organize your work space in order to ensure your efficiency and effectiveness. It quickly evolved and spread to other industries. Today, 5S is applied in business, education, health care, government, etc.
“Although the origins of the 5S methodology are in manufacturing, it can also be applied to knowledge-economy work, with information, software, or media in the place of physical product.”
Read more:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5S_(methodology)
https://www.graphicproducts.com/articles/what-is-5s/
http://www.creativesafetysupply.com/content/education-research/5S/index.html
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