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What is a 6S Program?
“A structured approach to work place
management, that will deliver a safe,
clean & organised environment”

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WHATIS6S?
Originated in the Japanese Automotive Industry as 5S.
A systematic approach to housekeeping.
Stands for:
•Safety Let‟s all get home safely. Everyday.
•Sort De-clutter
•Set A place for everything and everything in
its place
•Shine Make it shine
•StandardiseWorking together
•Sustain Maintain the standard and improve

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WHYCHANGETO6S?
•It is the commitment of every member of the Laing O‟Rourke Team,
that everyone gets home safely. Everyday.
•Adding Safety as the first „S‟ reiterates our/ your commitment
•Belief and adoption of 6S has a massive positive lever on the
elimination of incidents and injuries
Let’s all get home safely. Everyday.

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•Fits with our continuous improvement approach.
•The Cleaner The Work Area, The Sooner Problems (Instabilities) Are
Identified
•To change the image of our workplace by valuing people, their work and
their environment.
•Delivers Improved: Productivity, Quality & Safety.
•A Highly Visual Performance Measure.
•A Clean, Organized Environment is More Predictable
Why take a 6S Approach?

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WHEREIS6S APPLICABLE?
In short.......everywhere!
•Offices and desks
•Workshops
•Plant rooms
•Stores
•Outside areas
•Plant and equipment

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WHYAREWEHERE?
•To give you an overview of the different 6S steps and tools.
•To demonstrate how 6S can be used in all areas of the
workplace.
•To be the foundation of a 6S workshop in your area.
•To create a change in our behaviour towards housekeeping

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CUSTOMER PERCEPTION
If YOU had some money to spend a car where would YOU spend
your money given the choice?
Why Implement a 5S Program?

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Nobody likes to live in a squalid environment
Why Implement a 5S Program?

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But for some reason people seem to tolerate it
more so at work!
Why Implement a 5S Program?

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World class companies operate in world class
conditions!

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I want this place
tidying now or else
It is often said that people only
tackle housekeeping issues
when:
“they have been kicked by a 2
star general”

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Or
“A 4 Star General is
about to visit”

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What can we hope to achieve?
Reduction in accidents
Reductions in wasted time looking for parts/ materials/ drawings/ tools/ each
other
„Cleaning is Inspection‟ finds potential failures before they occur
Increased customer and employer / employee confidence in the work place
An improved environment for everyone!
What can 6S Deliver?

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Demonstrating 6S
“A Practical Exercise to Demonstrate the Need for Good
Workplace Management & the Power of 6S”
Understanding 5S Workplace Management

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Instructions
The following is an exercise to demonstrate the importance of basic
work place organisation and highlight the principles of 6S.
Sheet 1- You have 1 minute to circle all the numbers from
1 to 48 in strict ascending order.
Understanding 5S Workplace Management

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Results of Sheet 1
The following is an exercise to demonstrate the importance of basic
work place organisation and highlight the principles of 6S.
Sheet 1- Usually people will manage to circle anywhere
between 5 and 25, but all should agree that the task
is not straight forward.
Understanding 5S Workplace Management

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The following is an exercise to demonstrate the importance of basic
work place organisation and highlight the principles of 6S.
Sheet 2- The first step of work place management or 6S has
now been applied and all the unnecessary items
have been removed. You now have 1 minute again
to circle all the numbers from 1 to 48 in ascending
order.
Understanding 5S Workplace Management
Instructions

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Results of Sheet 2The following is an exercise to demonstrate the importance of basic
work place organisation and highlight the principles of 6S.
Sheet 2- Now that the first Step of the 6 S‟s has been
applied the task should become much easier.
As we have gotten rid of all the unnecessary items
that aren‟t required to complete the exercise i.e. all
the numbers above 48, people will generally
manage to circle between 5 and 10 more numbers
than they managed before.
This should help demonstrate that when we
remove clutter, it allows people to be more efficient.
Understanding 5S Workplace Management

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Instructions
The following is an exercise to demonstrate the importance of basic
work place organisation and highlight the principles of 6S.
Sheet 3- The second step of work place management has
now been implemented, set limits and locations.
What you will find is 1 will appear in the top left box,
2 in the top right box, 3 in the lower left box, 4 in the
lower right box, 5 in the top left box and so on.
Again you now have 1 minute to circle all the
numbers from 1 to 48 in ascending order.
Understanding 5S Workplace Management

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Results of Sheet 3
The following is an exercise to demonstrate the importance of basic work
place organisation and highlight the principles of 6S.
Sheet 3- Now that the second step of the 6S‟s has been applied
the task should again have become much simpler.
People will usually manage to circle at least another 10
or more numbers than on their previous attempt.
Now that we have „set limits and locations‟ people have a
frame work and instructions on where to find the objects
(in this case numbers) that they are trying to locate.
Again by the fact that people have managed to circle
more number should help demonstrate how 6S can help
improve efficiency

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Instructions
The following is an exercise to demonstrate the importance of basic
work place organisation and highlight the principles of 6S.
Sheet 4- Now the 3
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steps of work place
management have been implemented. Step 3 is the
Shine, so all the numbers have been
tidied into well arranged rows. Step 4 is the
standardisation of the numbers so they are all now
the same size and font. Again you now have 1
minute to circle all the numbers from 1 to 48 in
ascending order.
Understanding 5S Workplace Management

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Results of Sheet 4Sheet 4- As can be seen when you attempt the exercise for
the last time you can not possibly complete it
because No.37 is missing.
No. 37 has been missing throughout all of the
exercises its just NOT easy, obvious or visually
simple to notice before carrying out the steps of
basic work place management.
It is only by doing this sort of basic work place management and
then applying Step 5 the discipline of adhering to the previous 4
steps that these types of simple problems will be flagged up early
enough for us to take action before we cause ourselves or more
importantly our customers problems.

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Organisation

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Cleanliness

30. 30Examples of 5s Implementation

31. 31A place for everything and everything in its place…...