The Five S's

I have this hanging above my desk so that it will inspire me to improve my organizational methodologies and work processes so that they are always becoming more efficient.

The 5 S's

Seiri: (Tidiness) :Sort and separate - the first step in making things cleaned up and organized
Seiton: (Orderliness): Set In Order - organize, identify and arrange everything in a work area
Seiso: (Cleanliness): Shine - regular cleaning and maintenance; make things shine
Seiketsu: (Standardization): Standardize - make it easy to maintain - simplify and standardize
Shitsuke: (Sustaining the discipline) - maintaining what has been accomplished

The 5 S's is a workplace methodology that describes how items are organized and how the new order is maintained. It is a component of Kaizen which means "change for the better".  It is meant to be a daily activity that prevents the need for overly hard work through daily incremental improvements in processes.  While originally intended to apply to manufacturing settings, this philosophy can be applied to the activities of daily life both at work and in the home.