Introduction:
Customer expectations from companies for high quality, reliable products at competitive price, at the right time has been increasing rapidly.
Now the organizations need focus on their operations and support activities and environment not only at the time of product development, they should drag all opportunities to improve up on them to satisfy the changing expectations of customers as well as to handle the competitions.
5S- Work Place Management, one of the integral components in achieving manufacturing excellence through implementation of Lean manufacturing for productivity, quality and safety improvement in all types of business.
The 5S program, extensively utilized by most of the leading industrial/ business houses, focuses on having visual order, organization, cleanliness and standardization. The results expected from 5S program are improved productivity, efficiency, service, safety and hence profitability.
Understanding and using 5S, helps to improve one’s ability to manage and improve the workplace in an effective and efficient manner.