What is Seiso?

  • It is defined as cleanliness, shine etc. It defines to maintain cleanliness by everyone in the organization.

  • This activity involves cleaning the work place. While cleaning you observe for early signs of troubles on the equipment before these turn into major breakdowns or defects.

    • The objective of Seiso is to clean work place where by using the senses you detect possible problems before they happen.

  • Area responsibility
  • Designated time
  • Using the five senses

    • Once you have eliminated the clutter and junk that has been clogging your work areas and identified and located the necessary items, the next step is to thoroughly clean the work area.

    Daily follow-up cleaning is necessary in order to sustain this improvement. Workers take pride in a clean and clutter-free work area and the Shine step will help create ownership in the equipment and facility.










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