Use this 5S Manufacturing Checklist to help your business improve productivity through workplace cleanliness and efficiency. This checklist can help identify the unnecessary items stored in the manufacturing site and ensure machines, equipment, and tools are kept clean and in working order. Use SafetyCulture to generate onsite reports that capture photo(s) evidence of broken, unusable, or occasionally used items.
Correct places for items are not obvious (are there line markings for items)
Items are not in their correct place. (not in the line markings)
Walkways, workstations, equipment locations are not indicated
Items are not put away immediately after use (examples of equipment not being used & left out)
Height and Quantity limits are not obvious (markings for stacking heights etc.)
S3 - Shine - SEISO
Floors, walls, stairs and surfaces are free of dirt, oil and grease
Equipment is not kept clean & free of dirt, oil and grease
Cleaning materials are not easily accessible
Labels, signs etc. are not clean & unbroken (damaged signs etc.)
Other cleaning problems of any kind are present
S4 - Standardise - SEIKETSU
Necessary information is not visible (Communication, KPI's etc. not available for employees to view)
All standards are not known & visible (What good looks like visible etc.)
Checklist does not exist for all cleaning & maintenance jobs (5S cleaning checklist etc.)
All quantities & limits are not easily recognisable (Kamban systems in place for equipment etc.)
Items cannot be located in 30 seconds
S5 – Sustain - SHITSUKE
Workers understand the principles of 5S (talk to employees to understand levels of understanding)
Daily 5S has not been completed (general housekeeping in the area)
Personal belongings are not neatly stored
Job Aids are not available or up to date (SOPs, R/A's, Single point lessons etc.)
Daily 5S inspection sheet has not been completed
Completion
Overall Audit Comments
Full Name and Signature of the Inspector
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5S Manufacturing Checklist
Use this 5S Manufacturing Checklist to help your business improve productivity through workplace cleanliness and efficiency. This checklist can help identify the unnecessary items stored in the manufacturing site and ensure machines, equipment, and tools are kept clean and in working order. Use SafetyCulture to generate onsite reports that capture photo(s) evidence of broken, unusable, or occasionally used items.
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