Free 5S / 6S Audit Template
Score Every Area. Close Every Finding. Sustain the Gains.
Sort, Set in Order, and Shine are the quick wins. Sustain is where most 5S programs fade, because findings get written down and never tracked.
This Excel workbook scores 19 criteria on a 0 to 4 scale, plus an optional Safety section for 6S audits. Section and overall scores calculate automatically. Action Plan and Score History tabs track every finding and show the trend by area.
Set up your lines and areas once, and run consistent audits from day one.
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Build a Workplace That Stays Organized.
After a structured 5S rollout, one manufacturer's production-system efficiency rose from 67% to 88.8% (Ahire et al., 2021).
5S is usually a plant's first step into Lean. It creates a clean, organized, safe workplace where problems are visible and the right tool is always in the right place.
A steady audit cadence protects those gains and turns 5S from a one-time cleanup into a habit.
