Professional Documents
Culture Documents
MAINTAIN OCCUPATIONAL
HEALTH AND SAFETY
Applying 5s on your computer
You work with documents, presentations,
graphics, and other files all day and chances
are, you have a lot of them. And that means it
takes time to find the documents you need.
Even if it is just a couple minutes here, and a
couple of minutes there, it all adds up.
But there is a better way to stop the file
cutter - by managing your files more
effectively. Digital files are no different
than paper files, and if you don't have a
good method of organization, things get
lost.
1. SEIRI
Sorting/Putting things up in order
(Remove/discard what is not needed
so that there are fewer hazards and
less clutter to interface with work.
Only keep what is needed.
2. SEITON
Orderliness/Proper Arrangement (Place
things in such a way that can be easily
reached whenever they are needed.
"There must be a place for everything,
and everything must be in its place.
3. SEISO
Clean/cleanliness. (Keep
workplace and things clean
and polished; no trash or dirt
in the workplace
4. SEIKETSU
Standardize/Purity (Maintain
cleanliness after cleaning,
consistently perpetual cleaning.
Such cleaning a part of every
one's workplace.
5. SHITSUKE
Sustaining/discipline/commit
ment (Maintain standards and
keep the facility in safe and
efficient order day after day,
year after year
A tree structure is an algorithm for
placing and locating files in an organized
database. The algorithm finds data by
repeatedly making choices at decision
points called nodes. A node can have a
few as two branches (also called
children) or as many as several dozen.
How to manage your desktop:
1. Create 5 folders in my Documents called;
Any clarifications?