5s System - Group Training

  • Author: Edgar Sosa
  • Level: Team
  • Study time: 1 hour

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Course Overview

  •  Live Online One-Hour Training Session for Up to 20 Participants (contact us for larger groups).

  •  Flexible schedule: Contact us to choose a start time that works for your team.

  •  This course is also available in Spanish.

This one-hour course provides a practical introduction to the 5S system as a foundational Lean workplace organization methodology.

Participants will learn the five pillars—Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain—and how they drive safety, efficiency, quality, and visual management in manufacturing operations.

The session emphasizes real-world application, including common implementation pitfalls, audit considerations, and leadership behaviors required to sustain 5S beyond initial deployment. By the end of the course, attendees will understand how to launch or strengthen a structured 5S initiative within their areas of responsibility.

Benefits

By completing this one hour introductory 5S course, participants gain a clear understanding of how workplace organization and visual management support Lean stability and daily operational discipline. The session strengthens their ability to apply the five pillars of 5S at a foundational level and recognize how order, cleanliness, and standardization improve safety, quality, and efficiency. Participants leave with practical awareness—rather than advanced implementation depth—enabling them to contribute effectively to 5S activities, support more organized and controlled work areas, and reinforce the basic conditions required for sustained Lean performance.

Target Students

This course is ideal for operators, technicians, supervisors, engineers, and support personnel working in production and manufacturing environments who want to improve workplace organization, safety, and efficiency. It is especially valuable for team members who participate in daily operations and seek to contribute actively to 5S initiatives and structured workplace improvement efforts.

The course is designed for individuals at all levels who want to strengthen operational discipline, support visual management practices, and help create safer, more organized, and more efficient work areas.

This course has no previous requirements

Objectives

This course aims to provide participants with a structured introductory understanding of the 5S system as a foundational workplace organization and visual management methodology. Upon completion, participants will be able to explain the purpose and principles of each of the five S’s, recognize the characteristics of an organized and standardized work area, and understand how 5S supports safety, quality, and operational efficiency in manufacturing environments.
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Course Contents

  • Introduction to the 5S System

  • Sort (Seiri)

  • Set in Order (Seiton)

  • Shine (Seiso)

  • Standardize (Seiketsu)

  • Sustain (Shitsuke)

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    Edgar Sosa

    • Master of Science in Manufacturing Engineering
    • Master of Science in Quality
    • B.S. Industrial and Systems Engineering
    • Certified Manager of Quality and Organizational Excellence
    • Certified Six Sigma Black Belt
    ABOUT THE PROFESSOR

    25 years in automotive and manufacturing industries with international experience and two Masters' degrees; expertise in Manufacturing, Quality and Operations Management; process experience in Assembly, Plastics Injection Molding, Machining, Glass and Stamping. Experience in Electric Vehicles, Start-ups, Ramp-up Production and short term Turnaround Projects. Consulting and Academic experience as Professor of MBA programs.

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