Shine
Get it clean, and keep it clean
You eliminated clutter with Sort and you
organized with Set in Order, now it’s
time to sanitize with SHINE.
It must be a culture that is followed from
the CEO down to the apprentice.
Standardize your cleaning program for
best results. Train your employees how
to do it correctly. Make sure that they
know what they are responsible for and
give them the tools to do the job. Utilize
checklists and diagrams for consistency.
When you implement this step, two
things will happen. First, your employees
will love coming to work in such a clean
and bright environment. And second,
because you are keeping the equipment
and your surroundings in such great
shape, you will have fewer injuries and
fewer equipment breakdowns. And that
means greater productivity and fewer
costs.
With the 5S system, cleaning is everyone’s
responsibility. Although you may still use
a janitorial staff to tackle the daily largescale jobs, the detailed cleaning will be
done by your employees. You must train
your staff to view dirt and chaos as an
intolerable situation.
Image, Top: Mop and bucket
Image, Above: Employee sweeps warehouse floor as
part of the daily Shine process
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