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5S System Success Stories

For over twenty years, as the initial component of conversions to lean manufacturing, the 5S System has been driving dramatic improvements in the productivity of American workplaces.

For example, companies implementing 5S have documented results such as the following:

• Manufacturing productivity: Up 31%
• Space requirements: Down 50%
• Indirect labor costs: Down 75%
• Throughput time: Reduced from 15 days to 3 days
• Estimated savings: Over $1.2 million per year
• Recovered inventory: Found extra equipment valued at over $100,000
• Safety incident rate reduction division wide: Down 1.5%
• Reduction in office supply expenses: $6,000 in first month
• Reduction in stored parts inventory at one facility: $300,000

The Center for Business, Industry, & Labor has provided leadership and training for very successful 5S implementation campaigns throughout the St. Louis region for the last five years. Our clients have experienced results comparable to those listed above. In addition, a major manufacturing facility operated by one of our clients was identified as having done the best job of 5S implementation of the client's 53 plants worldwide.

For more information, please contact

George Friesen, Business Practice Leader for

• The 5S System
• 5S for Safety: New Eyes for the Shop Floor
• Value Stream Mapping
• Lean e-Learning

at 314.539.5376 or gfriesen@stlcc.edu