5 S: organization,orderliness, cleanliness

Designed to create a work environment conductive to efficiency and value-added activities, the 5S organization method is based on the following keywords: sorting, stabilizing (everything in its place), shining (cleanliness), standardizing, and sustaining (enforcing rules).

The 5S process is based on practices developed by the world's most performing businesses, and requires the entire workforce's involvement to achieve increased tidiness and discipline at each work station.