The

5S Numbers Game
A fun and exciting way to present the
5S concepts to your team!
This is a simple training
game you can use to show
how to perform 5S and to
drive home important key
points
Hopefully you find it
challenging (like the real-
world) and have some fun
along the way
Credits
This exercise is based
on an exercise from
www.superteams.com
which was adapted from
one created by
Kirt Tassmer of Stanley
Fastening Systems.
The original game was
developed by RWD
Technologies, Ltd.







Disclaimer
This is for entertainment purposes only. 5S Supply is not liable for any
unintended outcomes.
Introduction
Before State Round 1
Sort Round 2
Set-in-Order Round 3
Shine
Standardize
Sustain Round 4
Benefits Round 5
Agenda
Behind all
workplace
successes and
failures are the
5Ss.

From 5 Pillars of the
Visual Workplace: The
Sourcebook for 5S
Implementation by
Hiroyuki Hirano

Instructions Round 1
Please wait until you hear the entire
instructions before starting DO NOT
turn over the page until asked to do so
Individually, with a pen or pencil locate
and strike out the numbers 1 through 50
in sequential order (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
You will have 30 seconds to complete
this task
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GO!
Report Out Round 1
Record your highest number found and a
comment on your Overall Scorecard sheet
The instructor will ask for your score the
lowest score is whats recorded for the entire
group
What was it like trying to do this? How did it
feel?
How can we apply this to everyday life?
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Is this an 8, 88, 4, 84???
Were there any quality issues?
Is this 66 or
99? 89 or 68?
Why is 39
listed
twice?
Which one is
the 6 and which
one is the 9?
Sort
To sort through, to sort out
Guideline: If it is not needed in the next 30
days, Red Tag it
When in doubt, move it out!
5S Red Tag Technique
Place a Red Tag on the item and move it to
the 5S Red Tag Holding Area
Items will be dispositioned: keep, throw out,
donate, scrap, shred, recycle, etc.
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Lets red tag the numbers
we dont need (51-100)
and the duplicate 39.
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Now lets move them to the
5S Red Tag Holding Area.
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Instructions Round 2
Lets do the same exercise with the
unneeded items removed from the work
area - with a pen or pencil locate and
strike out the numbers 1 through 50 in
sequential order (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
You will have 30 seconds to complete
this task
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GO!
Report Out Round 2
Record your highest number found and
a comment on your Overall Scorecard
sheet
The lowest score is whats recorded for
the entire group
What was the exercise like this time?
What can we learn from this?
Set-in-Order
Now that the area has been cleared out of
unnecessary items, it is time to find a home for
items that will remain
Guideline: Any item that you want to keep after the
5S Red Tagging Event needs to have a specific
home
A place for everything and everything in its place.
Organize items to make them convenient to get and
put away
Use visual controls to help this process (signs, lines,
labels, color-coding)
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Lets rearrange the numbers in
order that we will use them.
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Did you notice that we had to work
around a few things like the
numbers that were already there?
Instructions Round 3
Lets do the same exercise with the
numbers better organized - with a pen
or pencil locate and strike out the
numbers 1 through 50 in sequential
order (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
You will have 30 seconds to complete
this task
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GO!
Report Out Round 3
Record your highest number found and a
comment on your Overall Scorecard sheet
The lowest score is whats recorded for the
entire group
What was the exercise like this time?
What benefits can you see from Sort and
Set-in-Order?
Record on Scorecard sheet

Shine
Now that the area has been cleared out of
unnecessary items, it is time to shine the
items that remain
Guideline: Get items to a like-new condition
Clean and inspect or inspect through
cleaning
Everyone participates, make it simple and
easy to get cleaning supplies and schedule it!
If you find something out that may become an
issue, fix it or have it fixed
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For Shine we will make sure the
numbers are in good working
order. So lets clean this mess up!
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Standardize
We need to have standards for the first three
Ss: Sort, Set-in-Order and Shine
Guideline: Make up the rules for the first three
Ss and then follow and enforce them.
Make up the rules and then follow them
Dont forget to consider companywide
policies like color-coding, signage,
replenishment, etc
Make the rules easy to follow
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After looking at all the styles of
font and sizes the team determined
that some of these items can be
standardized.
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Lets add some more visuals like
color-coding and lines.
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Sustain
Now that you have a well organized,
clean and safe work environment, we
must keep it that way
Guideline: Its not something extra, its
part of everyday work
Make 5S part of everyday life.
Sustain helps build the discipline we
need to have a great Lean organization
Instructions Round 4
In order to Sustain our gains we must
be able to recognize abnormal
conditions
Lets do a quick 5S Audit of the area
Circle any defects that you find
You will have 30 seconds to complete
this task
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GO!
Report Out Round 4
How many did you find?
The 2 is missing
9 is upside down
11 and 12 are mixed up
16 is not completely in its home
24 and 34 are in the wrong location
39 is missing
46 is askew
How did you know?

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Instructions Round 5
Lets do the same exercise after
applying our 5S principles - with a pen
or pencil strike out the numbers 1
through 50 in sequential order (1, 2, 3,
4, 5)
You will have 30 seconds to complete
this task
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GO!
Report Out Round 5
Record your highest number found and a
comment on your Overall Scorecard sheet
The lowest score is whats recorded for the
entire group
What was the exercise like this time?
What benefits can you see from Sort and
Set-in-Order?
How can we apply this to everyday life?
Before & After State
Before
Excess materials
Excessive search time
Large area
Cluttered
Difficult
After
The correct materials
Minimal search time
Smaller area
Clean, neat &
organized
Easy

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After
Benefits of 5S
What benefits did we
realize by applying 5S
to our simulated
workplace?
Quality
Cost
Delivery/Service
Quantitative
Qualitative
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Wrap-up
Can we apply this to the real world?
Share an Ah-ha something you
learned, something thats new,
something thats different or something
that made an impression on you
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Forms and Facilitator Notes
Participant Forms &
Tips and Tricks
Instructor Notes
This section has the forms and instructor
notes to use during this training exercise
Items needed:
PowerPoint presentation (if desired)
Pens or pencils, enough for each participant
Stopwatch, timer or watch with seconds hand to
time each round (30 seconds)
One copy each of the forms for each participant
(see next slide)

Forms
Print the Overall Scorecard form single
sided
Print the Rounds 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 forms
double sided with the words Please do
not turn over until told to do so. on the
front and the exercise on the back
Overall Scorecard
Handout the Overall Scorecard at the
beginning when you are explaining the
exercise
Ask the participants to record their
individual scores on this sheet and any
comments or take-aways from the
round

Overall Scorecard
Comments
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Exercise Number
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 1
Please do not turn over until told
to do so.
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Round 2
Please do not turn over until told
to do so.
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Round 3
Please do not turn over until told
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Round 4
Please do not turn over until told
to do so.
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Circle the defects.
How many did you find?
Round 5
Please do not turn over until told
to do so.
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