“Cleanliness is next to godliness.”

Everyone, including animals prefers cleanliness. Many organizations, particularly manufacturing sectors, have overgrown their premises, because of increase production, increased man power, accumulation of materials and machinery over years of production activity. This has led to cluttered, dirty workplaces with increased risk of accidents. The health and safety executive recognized this problem and set up Health and Safety laboratories (HSL) to evaluate a technique that is widely used in   Japan. This technique is called 5 - S. This is a method for establishing and maintaining a quality working environment. 5 S is the key step in workplace environment. 5 S’ s are derived from the first letters of the  word SEIRI, SEITON, SEISO, SEIKETSU, and SHITSUKE which means Sorting, Set In order, Shine or  Scrub, Standardize and Sustain  or self- discipline respectively This article  aims at explaining the importance  of 5 S in today’ s scenario. It describes all the 5 S’s, methods of implementing 5S overcoming the shortcomings of 5 and result of its application in a beverage industry “Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd”.