5S 

Sorting (Seiri): 
1- Separate needed items from the unneeded ones.
2- Remove unneeded items from the working areas.
3- Discard the never-used items.
4- Store the not-needed-now items.
Remove all excess items from the working areas (i.e. work pieces, supplies,
personal items, tools, instruments, and equipments).

Set (Seiton): 
1- A place for everything and everything is in its place.
2- Place the tools and instructional manuals close to the point of use.
3- Don’t stack items together. Use a rack or a shelf if possible.
4- Use colors and labels for enhancing item identification. Label the storage areas
as well.
5- Use see-through covers and bins for facilitating item-retrieval.
Organize the items used in work by all meanings of the word!

Shine (Seiso): 
1- Use covers to reduce the dust as much as possible.
2- Clean the tools and the working area on a regular basis.
3- Inspect the tools and equipment. Make sure they’re intact all the time.
4- Finding a problem at an early stage saves lots of cost, effort, and trouble!
5- Either remove or repair the defected items.
Basically, clean and inspect the tools and the work area.
Standardize (Seiketsu): 
1- Use standards, fixed protocols, and processes to apply the previous 3 steps
properly.
2- “Every well-thought out process is simple” - Henry Ford.
3- Develop a work structure to support the new practices.
4- Avoiding old work habits is the hardest step.
5- Use work instructions and warning signs and banners to help getting to the
new working habits.
Standardize the previous 3 steps (Sort, Set, and Shine) to make coping with the
new work habits easier.

Sustain (Shitsuke): 
1- Don’t expect the new protocols to be applied by default!
2- Have a formal system to monitor the results of following the program.
3- Continue on giving new trainings and education on maintaining standards.
4- Enhance the new work structures with newer facilitations and information.
5- Sustain the 5S program, the benefits and merits will sustain as well!
Strive for the disciplined conformance to the 5S program and the new work habits.