PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT BY USING 5S RATING REVIEW

Abstract

In order to obtain competitive level of productivity in a manufacturing system, efficient machine arrangements and laminar production flow are of considerable importance. 5S is a systematic technique used by organizations comes from five Japanese words; Seiri (sort), Seiton (set in order), Seiso (shine), Seiketsu (standardize), and Shitsuke (sustain). This system helps to organize a workplace for efficiency and decrease wasting and optimize quality and productivity via monitoring an organized environment. This strategy involves the study and change in the work place of a manufacturing industry post implementation of 5S. This strategy helps in minimizing the time of manufacturing and also increases the area of work place. The main purpose is to assess the implementation of 5S and development of the 5S Activity Checklist in manufacturing companies. The 5S study covers the following areas: identifying problems, looking into critical success factors, their outcomes and recommendations. 5S consists of five phases or activities provide a basic foundation for any organization's Lean initiative for continuous improvement. The study also assesses its own approach, recommends alternative strategies for this project in the future and makes recommendations for expanding the scope of this exercise to other areas of the company and serves as a platform for achieving tangible and quantifiable gains in productivity.ECT management decided to get an integrated facility which can cater all the model varieties and their respective demand in a very productive way. This was aimed for a substantial savings in Head count (HC) deployment, savings in Power & fuel, savings in material handling space and improvement in throughput time.