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A 5S audit that scores honestly, not theatrically.

Twenty-five questions across Sort, Set in order, Shine, Standardise, Sustain. Worded for real production environments — brewing, food, contract pack, logistics — not for a textbook. Four-page PDF, ready for Monday.

Single email with the PDF. Then occasional notes from the workbench. Unsubscribe in one click.

What you get

  • 25 questions across the five S's, scored 0–4 per question — out of 100.
  • A scoring rubric per question so two auditors converge on the same answer.
  • A one-page action template for the top three findings — owner, by-when, evidence.
  • A worked example filled in for a fictional chilled-foods line so you can see what good (and bad) looks like.
  • No theatre. The audit will not flatter you. It exists to find what your team has stopped seeing.

Built by an operator, not a consultant.

The author has spent 20 years on UK production floors — brewing, F&B, contract packing — running Focused Improvement programmes on real lines. This audit was used live before it was packaged.

If you'd rather have the whole working set — the audit, plus seven more tools (FI Wave Planner, SMED Analysis, CI Register, KPI Dashboard and four more), all in one Excel workbook with worked examples — that's the £97 Lean Toolkit. Same author, same approach. No upsell sequence — just the link.