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5S is a workplace organisation method: Sort what belongs in the area, Set in Order what stays, Shine the area and inspect it, Standardise the agreed layout, then Sustain it through audits and ownership. 6S adds Safety, which is why manufacturing, logistics and food production sites tend to run 6S rather than 5S.
The programme usually lives or dies on visibility. If the standard is only in a folder, the area drifts back within a few weeks; if it is on the wall, anyone can audit it in seconds. That is the part we manufacture — shadow boards with printed tool silhouettes, custom shadow boards, numbered PPE boards, 5S audit and score boards, SOP displays and zone signage, all built to one visual system.
Each S changes what people do on the floor — and each one needs a physical cue to survive a busy shift. Here is what the standard asks for and the signage we make to support it.
Seiri
Remove everything that is not needed for the job in hand — surplus tools, stock, paperwork and equipment with no current use in the area.
On the floor
Red-tag areas and quarantine zones, so removed items have somewhere to go and a date to be cleared.
Our signage
Red-tag and quarantine zone signs, holding-area boards and clearly marked “awaiting decision” bays.
Seiton
Give everything that stays a fixed, marked home — the position that makes it quickest to find, use and put back.
On the floor
Shadow boards, silhouetted tool positions, labelled shelves, numbered PPE hooks and marked floor zones.
Our signage
Custom shadow boards with printed silhouettes, numbered PPE boards, shelving labels and zone-identification signage.
Seiso
Clean the area and inspect it while you clean — leaks, damage and missing parts show up when a surface is meant to be clean.
On the floor
Cleaning stations with every implement shadowed, cleaning schedules on the wall and equipment colour-coded by zone.
Our signage
Cleaning-station shadow boards, colour-coded equipment boards per hygiene zone and wipe-clean schedule boards.
Seiketsu
Turn the first three into the agreed standard — the same colours, labels, layouts and checks in every bay, on every shift.
On the floor
Standard-work and SOP displays at the point of use, identical layouts between bays and between sites.
Our signage
Standard-work and SOP display boards, notice boards, QR-linked instructions and one repeatable board template per site.
Shitsuke
Keep it going with audits, ownership and visible scoring, so the standard survives a busy week and a shift change.
On the floor
5S audit boards, shift scoreboards, condition-monitoring panels and named area owners.
Our signage
5S audit and score boards, condition-monitoring panels, area-owner signage and refreshable magnetic or printed boards.
Anzen
The sixth S: make hazards, PPE and emergency routes as visible as the tools. This is the addition that turns a 5S programme into 6S.
On the floor
PPE boards with numbered hooks, hazard and prohibition signage, marked walkways and clearly identified emergency points.
Our signage
PPE notice boards with numbered hooks, WHS safety-zone graphics, hazard marking, fire-point and emergency signage.
Visual standards fail when they are bought as products rather than installed as a system. This is the sequence we work through with operations and facilities teams.
Walk each area, photograph it and score it against the five Ss, so improvement can actually be measured later.
Agree zones, colours, routes and ownership — the rules every board and sign will follow.
Photograph the tools and equipment, then design boards with printed silhouettes and labelled positions.
Add SOP, notice and audit boards, so the standard is documented where the work happens, not in a folder.
Install on site, then brief the team at the board — a board nobody is trained on becomes a shelf.
Audit boards, shift scores and scheduled reviews keep the standard alive as tools, teams and layouts change.
Shadow boards, PPE notice boards and zone signage built for workplaces running 5S or 6S — the board does the auditing, so a missing tool or empty hook is obvious before an inspector finds it.
Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardise, Sustain — every tool has a marked home, so a gap is visible at a glance.
Adds Safety: the same visual discipline applied to PPE, harnesses, safety notices and zone control.
Amazon RME · Amazon Fulfilment Centre
A freestanding cleaning station with a printed silhouette for each of its ten implements, so a missing mop or scraper shows as an empty shape at shift change.
Amazon (MAN2 Fulfilment Centre) · MAN2 Fulfilment Centre
Engineering bay partitions that carry the tooling they support — motor winding, TBS alignment and pulley alignment holders — alongside a six-panel condition-monitoring display.
Amazon RME · Amazon Fulfilment Centre
Inbound and outbound PPE notice boards with individually numbered harness and helmet hooks, finished with the reminder that PPE returns to lockers at end of shift.
Amazon (LBA2 Fulfilment Centre) · Leeds, West Yorkshire (LBA2 Fulfilment Centre)
Bare warehouse space turned into signed scanner and briefing zones, with zone identification, wayfinding and standard-work prompts where operators actually stop.
Amazon LBA2 · Doncaster, UK
A full workplace health and safety entrance zone combining Safe to Go programme graphics, Dragonfly safety branding and PPE guidance displays on the route everyone walks.
Amazon Fulfillment Center · Amazon Fulfillment Center, UK
Loading bay door wraps and bay graphics that mark each position and carry performance reminders, so the bay layout reads at a glance instead of being explained.
