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Returned from Kaizen after a comment period. 5S is a frequently searched term, and deserves an article by itself.
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5S is a Philosophy and a way of organizing and managing the workspace. Hiroyuki Hirano wrote an entire book about 5S called 5 Pillars of the Visual Workplace: The Sourcebook for 5S Implementation. While the article in it's current form is a definition it could be expaned upon to a great degree.
5S is customarily implimented in connection with a Kaizen, lean manufacturing, or continuous improvement program. However, 5S can be a stand-alone program and handled completely seperate of a continuous improvement, or kaizen, activity. Similarly, some organizations do not address 5S as part of their kaizen activity. Therefore, since 5S is not immutably linked to kaizen, it should remain as an independent article.
- I agree that 5S should be separate. Kaizen and 5S are both processes and philosophies. However, while you can apply kaizen to all 5S, you cannot apply 5S to all kaizen. When I want to read more about 5S, I don't necessarily want to wade through pages of kaizen discussion. Ehusman 21:56, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] 5 or 6 S
"Purists insist that the other concepts be left out to maintain simplicity and because Safety, for example, is a side-benefit to disciplined housekeeping." Of course that makes Simplicity the sixth S. Rich Farmbrough, 10:11 21 November 2006 (GMT).
