Create 6S visual management boards to organise your workspace. Work smarter (literally). Increase performance and productivity. Above all, create your own 6S visual management board to make ordering your workplace easy for all the team.
Use your 6S board to assess your daily progress
6S Overview
6S is an assessment process for organising your workplace.
Originating from Japan, this method focuses on six Japanese words. These all start with an ‘S’ hence the “6S” title. Furthermore, these translate as “Sort”, “Set in order”, “Shine”, “Standardise”, “Sustain” and “Safety”.
Above all, make your own 6S visual management board to show the 6S process in a visual way. Break it down into each of the six steps.
Most importantly, use your 6S board to assess you progress and track results.
Make your board dry wipe. Likewise, add status indicators or document holders
6S: defining each S
Firstly, “Sort” refers to assessing all equipment and items in the workspace. In other words, it’s the decluttering phase. Above all, determine if anything needs to be removed, recycled or relocated. Furthermore, take action.
Use this section of your own 6S board to show how this process works in your workplace. Likewise, make it clear to all your team, at a glance.
Colour coding helps focus on each 6S section
Order equipment to cause least waste of time, space and effort
Secondly, “Set in order”. That is to say, what is the most logical way of setting out and storing equipment? This requires thinking in terms of space, frequency of use and so on. Ultimately, equipment needs to be ordered in a way that causes least waste of time, space and effort. Creating your own tool shadow boards helps this part of the process.
Meanwhile, “Shine” refers to cleaning the workspace. It also extends to keeping equipment and machinery in good order. That is to say, planning, scheduling and managing regular maintenance checks. Use your 6S Visual Management Board to show this procedure in a visual way.
Make each stage visual
Most importantly, make 6S a habit
Subsequently, “Standardise” means turning the activities of the first 3 Ss into a continuing habit. In other words, create standard operating procedures to maintain an orderly and organised workspace. Most importantly, this is where visual management works. Custom make your very 6S board in support of this. Use it to set and show your 6S standards in way that is immediately clear.
Next, the fifth S is for “Sustain”. In other words, keep up the 6S habit. Make in into a continuing cycle. Above all, adopt it as part of your workplace culture.
Finally, keep the 6S habit going
5S and 6S Examples
5S Noticeboard
5S board with document holders
5S Scoreboard
6S audit board
5S dry wipe status
Document holders for visual standards
5S Production board
Red and green status counters
5S board with red and green holders
5S Sustainment board
Signs to support 5S
5S Scoreboard
5S Audit daily tracking pyramid
5S Before & After
Show your 5S visual standards
Signs to support 5S
5S Performance Board
5S Scoreboard
5S Sustainment Status board
Track 5S and Safety
6S Communications
6S visual standards and audit board
6S Board Performance Tracker
Show your 6S visual standards
Update visual standards easily
Triple shift metric
Spell put your 5S vision
Define 5S terms for your team
6S Noticeboard
Track your progress with status meters
6S Communications with dry wipe status
Add card and document holders
Add document holders
Add document holders
6S Performance Tracker
Before & After for 5S
Create a 5S task list
Chart progress with status meters
6S board with status meters
5S Noticeboard for manufacturing
Status meters 5S board
Dry wipe status 5S board
Make 5S visual
Dry wipe updates for 6S
Dry eraze updates for 5S
Use status meters to show 5S progress
5S Sustainment Board
Record 5S progress
5S Audit and Results board
Dy wipe update daily metrics
Status meters provide visual snapshot
Show your 5S audit and visual standard
Show current status with meters
Show status for each 5S metric
Red Tag station board
Triple shift pattern for 5S
Add document holders to your 5S board
Dry wipe status and document holders
Use dry wipe for easy updates
Status meters and dry wipe
Update with dry wipe pens
Use colour in your 5S design
Show your visual standards
Make your 5S board modular
Icons for 5S
Add status dials to your 6S board
Magnetic needle for your status meters
5S on a Kaizen board
6S option
Integrate 5S with Kaizen
Dry wipe status on your 5S board
Magnetic labels for visual status
Manufacturing 5S board
Add document holders to your 5S board
SQD/5S with magnetic status faces
Mark your floor for safety
Works everyday of the month
Instant updates with status dials
Create a 5S or 6S task list
Task list for 5S or 6S
So design your 5S or 6S board to include and record a task list. Furthermore, with red green status sliders for instant tracking. Above all, reflect your processes visually and increase engagement with your 5S or 6S strategies.
Explore 5S boards here.
6S boards for shift patterns
So design your 6S board to include and record single/double or even triple shift patterns. Furthermore, with a dry wipe option for easy recording. Above all, reflect your processes visually and make easy daily updates.
Use single, double or triple shift patterns on your SQDC board
Support your 6S strategy with a Red Tag station
Floor markings for safety and organisation
Further Visual Management ideas for 6S
Firstly, use a 6S Red Tag station to remove unnecessary items from your workspace. In other words, eliminate any waste of space. Likewise, support a zero-waste strategy. As a result, organise your work setting better and increase efficiency. The Red Tag process enables team members to rid the workspace of unneeded items or tools. It also enables them to try living without the item before getting rid of it for good. In addition, the process encourages a regular habit of sorting, which supports 6S.
Secondly, floor markings are useful to organise your workspace. Segregate key areas, or equipment. Furthermore, use them to mark out different areas in a clear way.
Use labels and signs to show key information about equipment. For visual effect, consider colour coding.
You might want magnetic document holders or numbered magnetic stickers, so choose magnetic areas on your board. Similarly, you might want to add colour coded updates for instant visibility. These are just some examples of how our boards are further customised to meet your needs. We do this because, above all, they are made to work for you.
Increase functionality of your 6S board
So choose to display 6S information using our range of self-locating document holders, in A4, A3, A5 or US sizes. In addition, track and monitor progress with real time updates by adding status indicator sliders, meters or dials. Consequently, make targets and status visible and accessible.
Add document holders and status indicators to your 6S board
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Our Approach
Most importantly, we make visual management boards everyday. As a result, we have so much experience. Furthermore, we work for organisations throughout the UK. Likewise, in Europe and America. Similarly, we support businesses in a range of sectors. Firstly, food production. Secondly, utilities and transport. In addition, pharmaceuticals, education and healthcare. Furthermore, logistics and distribution. Above all, our team works with a simple idea or sketch you have. Subsequently, we custom make you a professional visual management display. As a result, we custom make you a highly functional visual management board. We offer options so we make the perfect board for you. So, here are a few examples. Firstly, for instance, we add magnetic areas. Similarly, a dry wipe (dry erase) finish. Furthermore, choose status indicators. in addition, board accessories. Therefore, quickly update your board. Above all, in a visual way. In short, make your processes visible. similarly, accessible. Most importantly, at a glance. These are just some examples of the ways in which we meet your needs. Read further visual management resources articles. Similarly, visual management case studies.