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Incorporating a 6th 'S' – Safety in 5S Lean Methodology

Author(s):

Harsh Naik , GIDC Degree Engineering College, Navsari; Jay Desai, Lean for Change Consultancy

Keywords:

Safety, Lean, Waste Elimination, Value Added Activity

Abstract

5S is a systematic strategy to enhance your housekeeping and institutionalize your procedures making them increasingly productive and less unpleasant for your workers. 5S benefits are many, higher efficiencies, less pressure, less mishaps, larger amounts of value, less breakdowns thus on.6S and 5S both work on keeping the losses of Muda, Muri, and Mura, particularly focusing on Muda or the seven squanders. Muda is the non-esteem including activities inside your procedures; Muri is to overburden or be preposterous while Mura is unevenness. The name 5S originates from the 5 Japanese words that make up the 5 phases of 5S, every one beginning with the letter "S". 6S has included the extra "S" of security to the first 5. So the phases of 6S are sort, set all together, clear, institutionalize, continue and security. he primary advantages of 6S over the advantages of 5S is that additional emphasis on wellbeing, utilized in territories with progressively dangerous procedures it can decrease much further the danger of an episode. So 6S; 5S + wellbeing is a decent wagered on the off chance that you need to drive down the conceivable outcomes of any type of mishap.

Other Details

Paper ID: IJSRDV6I110059
Published in: Volume : 6, Issue : 11
Publication Date: 01/11/2019
Page(s): 93-96

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