1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY What is a 5S? Actually, 5S is a system that focuses on improvement in quality, safety, cleanliness, fundamental, and systematic approach in all type of business. In a simple word, it does also can be say as housekeeping program. Nowadays, many organizations are trying to run 5S system in their company. Since this system didn’t cost high budget. The actual costs will depend on where the company is now. For example what is the condition of company facility? The further company is from meeting the goals of a 5S system, the more it will cost to implement one and the greater the benefits company will see as a result of company’s 5S system (Steve Hudgik, 2000). By researching the history of 5S on the internet, there are many different opinions to the origin of 5S. Through the Quality Assurance Solutions reveals that the history of 5S was started since 16th Century and Venice shipbuilders. It’s was created to solve the problem of employment, quality and timing problem in building a ships. From there, the Japanese Sakichi Toyoda (Toyota’s founder), his son Kiichiro, and chief engineer Taiichi Ohno developed Toyota’s Total Production System (TPS). The real starting points of 5S system is happened when they visit to United State of America (USA) where they studies the assembly line at Ford and while acknowledging the enormity of the manufacturing machine, dismayed by the waste, overproduction led to routine layoffs and rehires, and system of reordering and restocking (Just in time, JIT Inventory) at a visit to Piggly Wiggly Supermarket. By that, 5S can be say was invented in Japan. It stands for five Japanese words; there are Seiri, Seiton, Seiso,
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY What is a 5S? Actually, 5S is a system that focuses on improvement in quality, safety, cleanliness, fundamental, and systematic approach in all type of business. In a simple word, it does also can be say as housekeeping program. Nowadays, many organizations are trying to run 5S system in their company. Since this system didn’t cost high budget. The actual costs will depend on where the company is now. For example what is the condition of company facility? The further company is from meeting the goals of a 5S system, the more it will cost to implement one and the greater the benefits company will see as a result of company’s 5S system (Steve Hudgik, 2000). By researching the history of 5S on the internet, there are many different opinions to the origin of 5S. Through the Quality Assurance Solutions reveals that the history of 5S was started since 16th Century and Venice shipbuilders. It’s was created to solve the problem of employment, quality and timing problem in building a ships. From there, the Japanese Sakichi Toyoda (Toyota’s founder), his son Kiichiro, and chief engineer Taiichi Ohno developed Toyota’s Total Production System (TPS). The real starting points of 5S system is happened when they visit to United State of America (USA) where they studies the assembly line at Ford and while acknowledging the enormity of the manufacturing machine, dismayed by the waste, overproduction led to routine layoffs and rehires, and system of reordering and restocking (Just in time, JIT Inventory) at a visit to Piggly Wiggly Supermarket. By that, 5S can be say was invented in Japan. It stands for five Japanese words; there are Seiri, Seiton, Seiso,