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5S compared to other management and quality initiatives:

5S Lean Manufacturing:

5S is a workplace organization initiative that focuses on enhancing efficiency and effectiveness through organization of the workplace and strict process control. It is very limited in scope, and focuses on making massive improvements within the organization by focusing on the improvement of small, manageable, functions at the line level.

Total Quality Management:

TQM is a 1980s era quality assurance philosophy. The movement was led by quality gurus like W. Edwards Deming, Joseph Juran and Philip B. Crosby, and focused on continuous improvement of internal processes, products, services, and the corporate culture necessary to sustain quality production and outstanding customer service.

Kaizen:

Kaizen is comparable to TQM in its focus on improving internal processes. However, it reaches beyond the shop floor to include external processes, such as supply chain management, inventory control, and marketing. Kaizen is an all-encompassing management initiative, and represents a huge organizational level commitment to change and improvement. Kaizen is event oriented, and authorizes the formation of a team to analyze a specific problem within the organization, subsequently leading to a proposed solution.

Six Sigma:

Six Sigma derives its name from the drive to improve quality to the sixth standard deviation above the mean…which means well over 99 percent of all output, including service oriented tasks, must meet or exceed an objectively measurable standard. Six Sigma is heavily team oriented, and allows designated teams to assert authority over specific functions and departments within the organization.

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