Make a tidy workshop more than a one-day effort.
A practical routine your team can work with.
A practical, ready-to-use 5S system to organise your workplace, record what needs fixing, act on it and keep it that way — no Lean specialist required.
- Organise your workplace
- Identify problems fast
- Track corrective actions
- Keep improvements going
One-off purchase · Instant digital download · Requires Microsoft Excel and a PDF reader
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Make the organisation last
A tidy-up helps today. A shared routine helps tomorrow.
The bench gets cleared and tools go back. Then the next busy job arrives, items move and the searching starts again.
You don’t need another blank checklist or a project that takes weeks to design. You need a practical way to choose a starting area, agree what needs attention and keep reviewing it.
The 5S kit gives you that starting structure: assess the area with the baseline audit, assign improvements in the action tracker and use the weekly checklist between audits. The Excel workbook scores the audits and helps you compare the baseline with your latest assessment.
Less time searching and repeating the same tidy-up. More clarity about where to start and what the team needs to do.
Reducing avoidable searching and rework helps reduce waste in your operating time. The kit supports that work; the outcome depends on how your team applies it.
Start with one work area
Read the practical guide, assess one bench or storage area and choose the first improvements with the people who use it. Assign actions, then review the area with the checklist. You enter the observations and carry out the improvements; the workbook calculates the supported scores and summaries.
What's included
One organised system, ready to use
Delivered as a single digital download after purchase. New to 5S? No problem — it's explained in plain English throughout.
Start Here
Quick orientation to the kit and the order to use each file in.
PDFPractical 5S Guide
Core reference covering Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardise and Sustain.
PDF · 13pp5S Baseline Audit
A structured starting-point audit to record your current 5S state.
PDF5S Action Tracker
A reference sheet for logging and owning actions raised from an audit.
PDFWeekly 5S Checklist
A short recurring checklist for sustaining 5S between full audits.
PDF5S Audit & Action Tracker Workbook
Five linked sheets that score audits and track actions, including a baseline-vs-latest comparison.
XLSXSoftware Quick-Start Guide
Step-by-step instructions for setting up and using the Excel workbook.
PDF · 7ppHow it works
One simple improvement cycle
The 5S workflow this kit is built around.
01
LEARN
02
ASSESS
03
RECORD
04
ACT
05
CHECK
06
RE-AUDIT
07
COMPARE
08
REPEAT
See the kit in action
Real examples from inside the kit
A selection of real pages and workbook views from the files included in the kit. Select any preview to enlarge it.
Start Here
Practical 5S Guide
5S Baseline Audit
5S Action Tracker
Weekly 5S Checklist
Excel — Results Dashboard
Software Quick-Start Guide
Good to know
What this kit is — and isn't
This kit is
- A practical set of PDF guides and a working Excel workbook
- Designed for manual use by a supervisor or team, no add-ins required
- Yours to use across your own workplace once purchased
This kit is not
- A certification, accreditation or regulatory/WHS compliance product
- A guarantee of productivity, cost or quality outcomes
- Connected to any automatic printable-to-Excel integration or software service
Built from hands-on experience
You don’t have to build the starting point yourself.
I’m Diego, founder of Lean Tools AU. After more than 15 years working with businesses around the world, I created these tools to help small teams organise their work, reduce waste and save money.
The guides explain the approach; the ready-to-use files give you somewhere to start. Your team puts them to work, one area or group of items at a time.
Questions before buying? Email me at hello@leantoolsau.com.au.
Questions
Before you buy
- How do I get the files?
- After payment you return to a confirmation page with your download. Download links stay active for 15 minutes — if one expires, refresh the confirmation page to get a new link.
- What do I need to use it?
- Microsoft Excel to use the Workbook, and a PDF reader for the guides. The Workbook needs no add-ins.
- Is GST included?
- Prices are in Australian dollars. Lean Tools AU is not registered for GST, so no GST is charged.
- Can I share it with my team?
- Yes, within your own organisation. The licence allows internal use and working copies for your employees and team members. It does not allow resale or sharing with other businesses — see the Terms.
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