5S Tips & Tricks
Select a pilot zone

Pilot zone

Pilot zone's purpose is to give to the group involved in the 5S project an application and practicing area, to demonstrate feasibility and quick gains, before extending to other areas.

The pilot zone is also a showcase for those not yet involved in the project, and for management, caring about Return On Investments.

Choosing a pilot zone

Every project stakeholder wants to get proofs of 5S deployment effectiveness in terms of changes, quick results, improvements. To deliver quickly these proofs, choose the poorest looking, dirtiest, messiest area. The worst the initial situation the most visible the smallest improvement.

In every improvement project, the first gains are important and easy to get.

The green area in the graphic shows the  interesting gain/investment rate A/a brought by the important impact of any improvement action.

As time goes by and more improvements are done the gain/investment or B/b rate will get closer to 1 as shown in orange.