5S Made Easy

"5S Made Easy is a simple, easy-to-follow guide for 5S in manufacturing. It nicely explains how 5S has a greater purpose than simple housekeeping. It is about standardizing and improving-often overlooked points in a 5S deployment."
-Drew Locher, Change Management Associates; Shingo Prize-Winning Author of Lean Office and Service Simplified and Value Stream Mapping for Lean Development

"Hurray to Dave Visco for 5S Made Easy. When I ask customers 'How much time do you spend each day searching for material, information or tools?' the typical response is 'about an hour.' Regardless of the venue - office, healthcare or factory - the answer is almost always the same. A workplace that is not well organized generates an incredible amount of confusion, frustration, and delay every day! But every so often, I encounter a facility where employees declare proudly, 'We never search for anything.' These are workplaces transformed by 5S, where employees and managers make workplace organization a regular part of their work and their continuous improvement. The stability created through an effective 5S process is critical to every other best practice, from set-reduction and TPM to kanban and standardized work. Dave's book offers a step-by-step primer for any change leader who wants to get this foundational improvement method right the first time.
-Bruce Hamilton, President, GBMP

"5S has become one of the most popular improvement activities in factories, offices, and small shops across America. 5S is straightforward and effective in improving any operation. Despite its popularity, there are only a handful of books that explain how to do 5S. Veteran 5S coach and consultant, David Visco, has stepped in to help fill that gap with his 'how-to' workbook, 5S Made Easy. Anyone can begin a 5S program in their department or business by following this book's easy-to-understand steps. In addition, Visco has provided checklists, forms, and resource guides. Almost everything you need is right here."
-From the Foreword by Mike McCarthy, Lean Consultant and Author of Sustain Your Gains: The People Side of Lean-Six Sigma