5S SORTING is the first S of 5S to be accomplished in our 5S Journey. Sadly, many companies starts the 5S SORT activity on a wrong foot. They make the 5S SORT step which is simply removing the UNNECESSARY in the workplace to identifying what is NEEDED in the workplace!
Of course, the workplace wont run without the needed items, and therefore there is no need to list these down and quantify one by one what is needed. This is a lot of paper-works and counting and is such a waste of energy and time. This is not the way we do 5S TPM.
What really matter in the 5S SORT step is to identify the exception. The exception is what is not needed in the workplace as the key result 5S SORT wants to achieve is to remove the clutter and make the area free from unnecessary items so the space can be clear and safe.
5S SORT also is simply focused on identification and removal of unnecessary items, and the succeeding steps will address how to arrange it so that it is easy to access what is needed or necessary on the workplace including how many inventory should there be.
That is the 5S SORT Step. Nothing more, nothing less...
God bless!
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