From the course: 5S Workplace Productivity

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Sustain

Sustain

(bright music) - Hey there, welcome back. In this module, we're going to learn about the fifth and final step of 5S, which commonly goes by the name of sustain or self-discipline. Well, specifically by the end of this module, you'll know exactly what sustain is, why it's important, and some techniques you can use to maintain the excellent gains you'll no doubt make through the first four steps of 5S. Okay, well, let's start with a definition of what sustain means. Well, formally defined, in the context of 5S, sustain means to have the commitment and self-discipline to maintain the previous four steps. Now, in a 5S overview module, we introduced the concept of a rope to describe sustain since when you tug on a rope with no slack, you get an immediate response. Well, here's another real-life example. If a company is serious about the sustain step, there would be no way an employee of the company could ever walk by a piece…

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