Introduction to the World's first Institute, dedicated to providing training and implementation assitance inputs in 5S.

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The 5S Institute - An Update
Founded - January 2005
Founder – director
hemendra k. varma

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The Background
5S is a workplace practice that has its origins in Japan. It can
improve working at factories, offices, service set-ups like hospitals,
hotels, banks, airlines, transport companies, and government offices.
The name 5S comes from 5 Japanese words that begin with the
letter S -- Seiri, Seiton, Seiso, Seiketsu & Shitsuke.
While 5S is conceptually old hat, it has caught the fancy of some
progressive Indian Industrial houses only in recent years. Wherever
it has been seriously and properly adopted, the results have been
dramatic, to say the least. Some excellent examples are Indo-Gulf
Fertilisers, Milton Plastics, Sundaram Fasteners, Telco, Classic
Stripes, and ICICI Bank.
5S is the foundational input for all Quality and Lean Management
Initiatives.

3. Benefits of 5S Implementation
• Significant freeing of work space for productive work -- in cities where space is extremely
costly, this can mean a significant monetary saving.
• Measurable reduction in search time of documents and other items (A 5S office is expected to
retrieve any document in less than a minute !)
• As a result of the above, much faster response times to Customer Requests.
• Visible and distinctive improvement in House keeping
• Generation of a much "safer" and more "hygienic" working environment
• Significant reduction in loss due to damage and misplacement in storage
• Reduction in consumption of consumables
• Tremendous boost in morale of the workforce and a healthy build-up of "pride“ in one's work-
place
• In addition, in case of factories, the following also obtains :
• Significant reduction in throughput time of production and despatch
• Reduction in number and duration of machine breakdowns
• Reduction in material handling damages
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The Beginning
Since 1999, pratik management productivity systems, a Mumbai – based
management consultancy & training organisation had been imparting training and
implementation assistance in 5S to various companies, as part of its overall
offering of World Class Mfg Practices encompassing 5S, TPM, JIT, SMED. .
In 2005, it decided to set up a dedicated Institute for this purpose which would
provide training and consultancy inputs in 5S.
Established as the 5S Institute of India, in January 2005, it was not only the first
such Institute in India, it was also the first Institute in the world for 5S Training &
Consultancy. Subsequently, it has been re-christened as The 5S Institute.
While 5S, as a topic, is covered by many other institutes & institutions, there is no
other body dedicated to 5S training/consultancy. The 5S Institute continues to
remain the only 5S Institute / Institution till date, i.e. September 2010.

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5S Certified Practitioners Family
The total number of Certified Practitioners has grown to close to 600, across
19 cities viz., Alibag, Ankleshwar, Aurangabad, Bangalore, Bhilai, Chennai,
Durgapur, Gandhidham, Gurgaon, Gwalior, Haldia, Hosur, Khopoli, Kolkata,
Mumbai, Nashik, New Delhi, Pune & Thane.
These participants have come from over 50 organisations, including Amtek
Auto, Bhilai Steel Plant, CEAT, Crompton Greaves, Electrex India, Everest
Kanto, Haldia Petrochem, Hexaware, Hinduja Hospital, IDEA Cellular, IDT,
IPCL, Ispat Industries, JSW Steel, KEC, Kilburn Engg, LuK India, NITCO
Tiles, Novozymes South Asia, Philips Software, Phillips Carbon Black,
Pranav Construction, Privi Organics, Raymond India, RITES, RPG Cables,
RPG Enterprises, RPG Transmissions, Sansera Engg, SAP India, SBI,
Shreya Life Sciences, South Point School, Surya Roshni, Suzlon Energy, Tata
Consulting Engineers, Tata Motors, Uttam Steel, Voltas, Wartsila.

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Industry – wise Distribution of
5S Certified Practitioners

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Programme Rating by Participants
Over 80 % of the participants till date have rated the 5S Certification
Programme as Excellent whilst over 98 % have rated it as either “Excellent”
or “Very Good”

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5S Institute Training Activities
PUBLIC PROGRAMMES
1. 5S Practitioners Certification Programme -- 2 days
2. 5S Trainers Programme -- 6 days
3. 5S Masters Programme -- 3 days
Each programme will have a limited batch size of 25-30 participants. If there are a
sufficient number of employees to be trained (minimum 20 in each batch) then,
these can also be conducted as in-house programmes.
IN - HOUSE PROGRAMME
4. 5S Introduction Programme -- 1 day
5. 5S Exposure Programme -- ½ day

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The 5S
Institute
Organisations range
from Industry,
Service Sector,
Consultancy, Health
and Justice.
578 persons
Certified as 5S
Practitioners
27 Certification
Programmes
held so far
Practitioners
are from
over 50
organisations
1st
Certification
Programme held
in Bangalore in
May 2005
Over 2000 persons
trained, in-house
through the 5S
Introduction & 5S
Exposure
Programmes
5S Institute Activity Snapshot

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Contact us
For further information, please write to :
The 5S Institute
B – 14, Bombay Market Apt
M. M. Malaviya Road, Tardeo
Mumbai 400034
tel : 91- 022 - 2352 3552 tel/fax : 91- 022 - 2352 3554
e-mail : 5S@the-5s-institute.com or
pratik@pratikmps.com

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Brief Background of Shri Hemendra K.
Varma -- Founder Director of The 5S
Institute
Hemendra K. Varma is a Mechanical Engineering Graduate from IIT, Kharagpur and has
completed a 5-month MANAGEMENT EDUCATION PROGRAMME (MEP) from IIM,
Ahmedabad. This is an accelerated MBA course for working executives.
Has over 35 years of working experience of which the first 15 years were spent in the
industry. Started his career with Voltas in 1972 and was there till 1981. The next 4 years he
worked as the Chief Executive of G. Claridge, a company engaged in the manufacture of
paper-pulp moulded articles. Subsequently he was with Jenson & Nicholson as GM - Mfg.
In 1987, started his own management consultancy activities in the areas of Operations
Management (particularly World Class Mfg Practices), MIS and Organisation & Human
Resources Development. His clients have included, Bright Brothers, Videocon Group, Gala
Equipment, Uttam Steel, Sandoz, ATE, Dalal Engg, Kilburn Engg and several others.
Has a number of published articles in newspapers and journals like Economic Times, Financial
Express, Indian Management, Management Review, Himmat etc. He has been regularly
conducting in-company training programmes in organisations like ALKEM, Videocon,
Informix, Atos Origin, L & T Finance, Ceat, Mukand, Std Batteries, Indo - Gulf
Fertilisers, Rajshree Cement, E. Merck, ACC, Knoll Pharma, A.T.E., MTNL, IPRS.

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Our Other Team Members
Shekhar Deshpande
An Electrical Engineering graduate of BHU – IT, Varanasi, has over 25 years of working
experience in companies like ABB, Crompton Greaves, Custom Capsules, Meltron, Geoffrey
Manners.
Srikrishna D. Apte
A Diploma Holder in Mechanical Engineering, has over 35 years of working experience in
companies like Garware Plastics, Arora Plastics, Bright Brothers, Spark Industries and Clear
Plastics.