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All Wrong About 5S!

How could I have been so wrong!

Having Fun

I was at a wine and dinner party at Boulder Creek Winery.

All was great.

During the conversation, the co-owner started to talk about 5S. I thought it was going to be a cool discussion about the application of lean at a winery.

This is going to be great.

what is 5S System


Tell Me More

Mike Thompson, the co-owner, went on to inform me that 5S is:

  1. Sight: how does the wine look?
  2. Swirl: get the wine rolling in your glass.
  3. Sniff: what aromas do you smell?
  4. Sip: go ahead, have some.
  5. Savor: enjoy the fruit of the wine maker’s labor.

what is 5S System


It appears I have been teaching the wrong S words!

– Mike Loughrin, CEO at Transformance Advisors and just a grasshopper when it comes to 5S for wine lovers.



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