Enhancing Safety: 6S Methodology

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On today’s Warehouse Safety Tips Wednesday, we’ll be covering “The 6S Methodology: Part Three”.

In the last couple of weeks, we covered the first 3 S’s of the 6S Methodology: Sort (Seiri), Set in order (Seiton), and Shine (Seiso). Just to recap, they break down as follows. Sorting is categorizing items to determine what’s necessary and unnecessary. Setting in Order is organizing and arranging the items/equipment you use in the most efficient order. Lastly, shining (Seiso) in the simplest of terms is cleaning.

Standardize, Sustain, and Safety

That brings us to our remaining S’s: Standardize (Seiketsu), Sustain (Shitsuke), and Safety. The reason why we’re combining the last 3 S’s together is that they go hand-in-hand with the first 3 S’s, case in point. Standardizing involves fine-tuning the first 3 S’s into a routine. Sustaining is taking that standardized routine and making it second nature among staff. And lastly, safety (which upgraded the 5S Methodology into the 6S Methodology) involves identifying hazards and implementing preventive steps to assure the previous S’s are all being completed within a safe environment.

If you listened to Part 1 of our 6S Methodology Series, you remember there’s a Japanese word synonymous with the 5S Methodology. That word is “Kaizen”. It comes from the words “Kai” (which means change) and “Zen” (which means to make good/better). Put them together, and you have the principle of constant improvement and change for the better.

Does this mean that once you find a routine that’s good, you keep doing it forever? Of course not! Once you get to the end, you go right back to the first S and start the whole process over again. That ensures constant improvement, and works toward the ultimate goal of these episodes, improved safety.

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