{"id":24610,"date":"2019-10-24T10:02:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T08:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sixphere.com\/blog\/5s-and-poka-yoke-in-industry-improving-process-quality\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T13:34:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T11:34:34","slug":"5s-and-poka-yoke-in-industry-improving-process-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sixphere.com\/en\/blog\/5s-and-poka-yoke-in-industry-improving-process-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"5S and Poka Yoke in Industry: Improving Process Quality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.23.3″ max_width=”80%” module_alignment=”center” min_height=”700px” custom_padding=”5px||0px|||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font=”||||||||” header_font=”||||||||” header_font_size=”35px”]

5S and Poka Yoke in Industry: Improving Process Quality<\/span><\/h1>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ _dynamic_attributes=”content” text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#e09900″ custom_margin=”-30px|||||”]@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9mZiIsInNlcGFyYXRvciI6IiB8ICIsImNhdGVnb3J5X3R5cGUiOiJwb3N0X3RhZyIsImVuYWJsZV9odG1sIjoib2ZmIn19@[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”0px||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”0px|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ _dynamic_attributes=”content” text_font=”|300|on||||||” text_orientation=”center” text_text_align=”center”]@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9leGNlcnB0Iiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJ3b3JkcyI6IiIsInJlYWRfbW9yZV9sYWJlbCI6IiIsImVuYWJsZV9odG1sIjoib2ZmIn19@[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font=”|300|||||||” custom_margin=”|||||” custom_padding=”0px|||||” inline_fonts=”mosk-medium”]

The philosophy and principles of Lean Manufacturing<\/a> encompass a wide range of techniques aimed at eliminating everything that represents waste from a productivity standpoint.<\/p>\n

To perfectly carry out this task of “industrial waste management,” the strategies defined by 5S and Poka Yoke provide guidelines and measures that will leave your factory spotless and overflowing with efficiency.<\/p>\n

So, if, like true industrialists, you’re obsessed with order and making things simple and function as efficiently as possible, you should take a look at the foundations of 5S and Poka Yoke. Are you ready to dive in? <\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font=”|300|||||||” min_height=”28px” custom_margin=”||20px|||” custom_padding=”||0px|||”]

What are the 5S in industry?<\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font=”|300|||||||” header_font=”||||||||” header_font_size=”35px” header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_font_size=”30px” header_3_font=”||||||||” header_3_font_size=”25px” min_height=”178px” custom_margin=”|-3px||||”]

If we want to know the origins of 5S, we must go back to 1960 and travel to the Japanese company Toyota. It was then that Sakichi and Kiichiro Toyoda, along with engineer Taiichi Ohno, sought an alternative to Henry Ford’s assembly line<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The goal of the 5S methodology is to eliminate the unnecessary, those things that do not contribute to the manufacturing process, both in terms of materials and the behaviors of those involved in each stage of it.<\/p>\n

Among these elements to eliminate, we can highlight disorder and dirt, unnecessary movements, physical risks for workers, or the lack of standards that clearly define work guidelines, among others.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font=”|300|||||||” custom_margin=”||1px|||”]

How to implement the 5S?<\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font=”|300|||||||” min_height=”132px” custom_margin=”20px||-2px|||” custom_padding=”||0px|||”]

The first step to start implementing a 5S system in industry <\/a>is to carefully analyze the different workstations, procedures, and associated workflows.<\/p>\n

Among these phases of manufacturing<\/a>, some of the most common are incurred times; physical blockages, such as aisles; organization, autonomy, and skills of workers; ergonomic and safety aspects; bottlenecks; and logistical <\/a>and industrial quality aspects.<\/p>\n

With this in-depth knowledge, we will know exactly how to act, defining achievable and measurable short-term goals, so that improvements can be clearly observed.<\/p>\n