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5S in the Japanese Workplace (3) Seiso: Seeing, Sweeping And Shining
By Patricia Pringle
5S Practices Rooted in Japanese Culture and Customs
5S practices, often translated as Seiri = clearing up, Seiton = organizing, Seiso = cleaning, Seiketsu = sanitizing, and Shitsuke = training and discipline, are a workplace methodology used to improve the working environment. In the most recent issues of Japan Close-Up (February and March 2011), we provided an overview of 5S and some ideas about seiri and seiton. Of the 5S practices, seiso is the most difficult for Japanese assigned to their companies' factories in the US to explain to their American employees, perhaps because it is the most rooted in Japanese culture and lifestyle. To the Japanese, standards, methods and benefits of seiso are obvious. Here is an overview that helps explain the Japanese experience of seiso.
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