In Japanese (English) they are; Seiri (Sorting) Seiton (Storage) Seiso (Shining) Seiketsu (Standardize) Shitsuke (Sustain) 5S is a powerful tool that can realize amazing improvements in productivity. I highly recommend using 5S to improve manufacturing processes, but it applies to ANY process. Regards, Jonathan Meigs Product Development Engineer Oak-Mitsui, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: Joe Barocio [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 8:00 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] What are the 5S's? Can anyone offer the phonetic pronunciation for the five S's that are the keys to lean manufacturing? Also, is there a forum similar to TechNet that focuses on lean manufacturing? Thanks, Josue Barocio ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------