Many of the physical setups and mental tactics we've recommended to banish desktop clutter and the like can be summarized by the 5S methodology. It's a Japanese system consisting of five principles to ...

Studies have shown that a decluttered workspace can decrease stress and increase focus—and that stress at work can actually result in more clutter. It's important to clean up your environment so the ...

As the semester progresses, it seems like the mess of dorms or apartments builds. The 5S method uses five basic principles to help eliminate mess and promote a more efficient method to take care of a ...

I've tried many decluttering and organising methods in my time, but I've never tried to organise my home using an automotive manufacturing concept. Bear with me – the Japanese 5S method for organising ...

Many manufacturing facilities have opted to follow the path toward a "5S" workplace organizational and housekeeping methodology as part of continuous improvement or lean manufacturing processes. 5S is ...

Many manufacturing facilities have opted to follow the path towards a “5S” workplace organizational and housekeeping methodology as part of continuous improvement or lean manufacturing processes. The ...

5S is a Japanese workplace methodology that is being more widely adopted by packagers, machinery builders and others. In my work in mechatronics with the community college, we were asked by a ...