5S Audit Template

What does a 5S audit review?

A 5S audit examines how a workspace removes unnecessary items, arranges what remains, stays clean, maintains agreed standards, and sustains those practices. It turns general expectations about workplace organization into checks people can repeat.

Use it to support recurring improvement

An audit is useful for reviewing a defined area over time and agreeing on follow-up work. The value comes from consistent criteria and completed improvements, not from a high total score by itself.

Write checks reviewers can observe

1. Define the area. Use the same physical or functional boundary when comparing audits.
2. Make criteria observable. Replace vague terms such as tidy with checks that describe what a reviewer can see.
3. Explain the scoring scale. Reviewers need shared definitions for full, partial, and missing compliance with each criterion.
4. Handle non-applicable items. State how exclusions affect the total so scores remain comparable.
5. Verify corrective actions. Record who will resolve a finding and how completion will be checked.

Build an audit around your workspace

MyMap structures your workspace description into a 5S audit draft. The example covers warehouse operations with checks and scores under each pillar. Its dimensions, intervals, and deadlines are example criteria, not universal site requirements.