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An approach utilizing workplace organization and visual controls to improve performance. It is derived from the Japanese words seiri, seiton, seiso, seiketsu and shitsuke.
5S
A Japanese word for the “real place” is also a term for “where the work is done.”
Gemba
One of the two pillars of lean is supplying what is needed, when it is needed, in the amount that is needed.
Just-in-time
A Japanese term for waste, or any activity that does not add value.
Muda
A Japanese word for “mistake proofing” or “fail-safing”
Poka Yoke
The English equivalent words for the five phases of workplace organization.
sort, set-in-order, shine, standardize, and sustain.
One of the two Lean pillars is a Japanese word that allows a stop-and-respond approach, either machine or human, to halt production and address product defects or quality issues as they are encountered in a process.
jidoka
A Japanese term, also known as policy deployment, is a systematic approach used to capture and devise a plan to meet strategic goals.
Hoshin kanri
A Japanese word for variation or fluctuation in a process.
Mura
A Japanese word for “signboard.”
Kanban
The benefits of 5S include.
Increased efficiency and productivity.
Improved safety.
Sustainable change—no decline back to the previous way of operating.
Simplification and better flow of tasks.
Reduced lead time for processes.
Increased visibility and problem recognition. Reduction in waste.
Increased worker and customer satisfaction.
Organizing a job or task in an efficient activity sequence while minimizing muda.
Standardized Work
The first of the five Lean Principles?
1. Voice of the customers
2. Identify the value streams
3. Create flow
4. Pull, create systems based on demand
5. Improve continuously
A Japanese word that translates to “unreasonable” is a term for overburden or unreasonableness in a process.
Muri
A Japanese word for "improvement" or "change for the better.”
Kaizen