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Basics of 5S
• 5S is a Kaizen technique
• Vision of 5S is given below
• To have every thing in its place and a
place for every thing to make the
work place productive.
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Objectives of 5S
• Ensuring that every area and
equipment are neat and clean
• Providing high quality environment to
men and machine
• Creating awareness for employees to
adopt all 5S standards in company
and home
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Seiton = Set in Order
• Slogan of Seiton is as follows
• A place for everything and
everything in its place
• Seiton focuses on very short
retrieval time
• Mostly used for increasing Labor
Productivity
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Seiton = Set in Order
• On the average we spent a lot of time
searching
• Search time is unproductive
• Floor painting strategy
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Shetsuke = Sustain
• Train the employees
• Motivate employees through competitions
• Have a 5S Patrol audit team
• Cameras
• Checklists
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5S Layouts
• Area of each process is defined
• Prepare efficient layouts to reduce
the space of the company
• Responsibilities are assigned and
defined of each area
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Implementation Strategy
(Road Map to implement 5S)
• Training of top management and middle
management on 5S
• Steering committee on 5S
• Awareness of 5S at shop floor level
• Training of workers on 5S
• Implementation of 1S at shop floor
• Implementation of 2S
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Implementation Strategy
(Road Map to implement 5S)
• Consolidation stage of 1S & 2S
• Preparation of checklist for audits
• Audit of 1S and 2S activities
• Implementation of 3S, 4S and 5S
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Implementation Strategy
(Road Map to implement 5S)
• Audit of 5S
• 5S Championship in the company
(Section of the month)
• Continuous training of employees
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BENEFITS
• Lesser Rejections
• Lower Inventory Cost
• Employee Empowerment
• Best utilization of space
• Idea originated from Japan due to
high cost of land
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CONCEPTUAL
QUESTIONS
• Why 5S is used as a basic system
when we implement other systems
• Why and when 5S Layouts were
prepared
• What are the benefits of efficient
5S layouts and its relation with
productivity