Preparing for 5S

All departments should be audited prior to 5S activity to establish

baseline data.

Prior to conducting 5S activities, all affected employees need to

receive training and expectations for the 5S initiative.

Review corporate 5S training powerpoint located on the

LSS website.

Establish plant-specific guidelines on acceptable items.

The recommended auditor team method is three (3) people

with cross-functional representation.
Opening the Excel form

Always answer Yes when

opening the audit form
Identify Audit Areas Plant Specific

List all departments as defined

in your facility.

Define/clarify physical
locations as necessary.
Each plant will need to
adjust the Department
and Description lists
as necessary to ensure the
drop-down menu functions
correctly.
Start Audit

Follow
instructions
2
to get
3
started.
4
5

Click here
to start
audit.

All facilities must use the

audit form to provide a
consistent evaluation.
 Auditing each S

Answer Yes or
No to each
question.

Scores are
automatically
tabulated Add any
comments or
suggestions.

When all
questions are
answered,
proceed to next
S by clicking
here.
 During Audit

Continue
answering the
questions for
each S.

Next level scores do not

apply until all questions
are answered Yes in
the previous level.

Continue
through each of
the 5S
questionnaires:
Sort
Simplify
Shine
Standardize
Sustain
Completing Audit

After
answering the
questionnaire
for all of the 5S
categories,
click Finish.
During Audit

Clicking
Finish will
populate the
radar chart to
give you the
final
department
score