5's Theory In The Workplace

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WHAT IS 5 S ? Principle of 5s : “ 5s is a way of increasing the plant productivity of existing plant. A 5-S programme is usually a part of and the key component in establishing a visual workplace. 5S theory focuses on effective work place organization, implifies work environment, reduces wastage as well as improving quality and safety. As waste is lose , so eliminating waste is a gain. Moreover as we all know there is no hope for efficiency or quality improvement with dirty work place, waste of time and scrap. The five “S” are as follow : • SEIRI • SEISO • SEITON • SEIKETSU • SHITSUKE Sr. No. Japanese English Meaning How to apply it to the work place? 1 Seiri Structurise Sorting Classify items into necessary and unnecessary, retain …show more content…

developing habit of following rules / practices / procedures) including daily 5-S practices. …show more content…

IMPLEMENTING 5S IN PRACTICALLY IN INDUSTRY As 5S are fundamental prerequisite for Japanese industrial methods, implementing them in a formal way was a major project, from the start of our unit. So the whole implementing process was divided into 5 phases. First Phase : Data collection (time study) of the existing on going processes in plant. Making a plan of layout of the plant. Matching the data with the layout of plant and find where there is need of making any changes in the layout As per the flaws in plant & solution of it makig a new revised plant layout, which increase plant productivity. Now starting implementing of 5s. Second Phase : Training managing staff The first training was given to managers, foremen and line leaders. In addition to the course, frequent visits on the shop floor revealed numerous examples of lack of order, tidiness, but dust, obsolete parts or documents still lying around... This was the moment to memorize initial status and kick-off improvement ideas. (In the same time we worked on 5S, we introduced KAIZEN spirit) Taking pictures to keep in mind original state, by collecting more pictures as project goes on, makes a nice before/after

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