Implementation of 5S Practices in a Small Scale Organization: A Case Study

Most modern manufacturing companies are driven by rapid technological advancements; shorter lead-time is now more pressing than ever. Any unexpected obstacle or glitch in the manufacturing process can create longer lead-time, which will prevent the product from promptly reaching the customer�something necessary to increase the reliability and safety of manufacturing setups and systems. Lead-time has several definitions. It can be regarded as the time between when a customer makes an order and when that customer receives the finished product. However, others claim it is the time that elapses between the placement of an order and receipt of that order into an inventory. In purchasing systems, lead-time is the time between the recognition of the need for an order and its receipt; whereas in production systems, lead-time is the ordering, waiting, moving, queuing, setup and run times for each component. Therefore, manufacturing lead time is important for further study because it is the sum of setup time, processing time, and nonoperation time. The objective of the study is reduce lead time in foundry equipment and improve productivity of foundry equipment by developing new action plan and process for high pressure moulding machine and reduce the lead time and minimizing manufacturing time of components by providing proper subcontractor and also company have no process layout so improve plan and develop new process and plan.