5S is an important basis for the build-up of a KAIZEN organization. A sound initial basis for further improvements is achieved with simple measures, which however, must be consistently implemented on a wide scale, to be able to move in the direction of process optimization, flow and just-in-time.

The advantage of 5S is that staffs know the methods from the very start and train themselves to it. They include standards, visual management, grasping of characteristic figures and a sense for systems orderliness. People are integrated into the system from the very start and they advance further. Highly qualified specialized forces are thus bred from in-house resources.