[Management Column Vol. 31] Factory Improvement: Productivity Enhancement through 5S
This is a column written by our representative, Kazuaki Sawada, detailing the insights he has accumulated in the fields of business revitalization, management improvement, and bank negotiations.
We provide content that serves as decision-making material for managers, ranging from reading monthly trial balances, dialogue with banks, organizational restructuring, to business succession.
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Please use this as hints for management decisions, such as building a management foundation, improving management quality, cash flow management, bank relations, business succession, and restructuring after the appointment of the second or third generation. Additionally, feel free to contact us with any questions or inquiries when putting this into practice.
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The common challenges faced by factories where improvements are not progressing are as follows: - Inability to establish 5S (Sort, Set in order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain) - Lack of high goal setting and challenges (improvements) - A strong focus on producing the ordered quantity, with little emphasis on time productivity and lead time - Weak measures for reducing inventory and work-in-progress - Poor collaboration between the factory and sales, with a weak production-sales adjustment function The primary objective of the fundamental factory management principle of 5S is "elimination of waste." Additionally, advancing the organization aspect of 5S (3T: fixed placement, fixed quantity, fixed display) reveals waste in human movement and stagnation/transportation of materials. Eliminating this waste leads to reduced lead times and increased productivity. [Basic Approach to Improvement in Production Sites] - Moving and disposing of unnecessary items - Establishing fixed placements for tools and displaying their locations - Establishing fixed placements and quantities for consumables and material inventory, along with displays - Establishing fixed placements and quantities for work-in-progress and finished goods inventory - Visualizing the flow of work and materials - Addressing the sources of dirt - Creating and executing inspection and maintenance plans for machinery and equipment I would like you to return to the basics of factory management and prioritize the establishment of 5S as the primary execution challenge. Next time, I will discuss "How to find a perspective for classifying the investment of management resources."
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