How to Make 5S as a Culture in Chinese Enterprises

In more than twenty years, a lot of enterprises in Chinese Mainland have carried out 5S that is the basis for lean production in consideration of its great success in other countries, but many of them failed to realize their original targets because they use 5S merely as a tool and expect to profit from it in short time without combination with local culture. The paper points out main misunderstandings and errors of Chinese enterprises in implementing 5S via investigation in manufacturing enterprises, which result in the failure of 5S management, and proposes steps to carry out 5S program successfully namely how to make 5S as a culture.

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