I think we all have come to ask the same question, sometime in our career, like you and everybody else we try to comply with the 5S's in our desk, but is just no way we can maintain the level of cleanness and order the 5S requires, yes we can have a clean and order desk but there's always going to be "the pile" we all know what that is :), of course other areas like work desk or tool cart those are 5S's.
cheers!
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