Many manufacturing facilities have opted to follow the path toward a "5S" workplace organizational and housekeeping methodology as part of continuous improvement or lean manufacturing processes. 5S is ...

The 5S workplace organization method is the foundation of the lean manufacturing strategy that emphasizes eliminating waste while delivering quality products with greater efficiency. This article ...

Preserving 5S requires commitment, top management support, and measurements of performance. One who stands up to adversity. Announcing commitment to all five S’s requires the first step. The program ...

SKM Egg Products is targeting to become a model company in Japanese 5S implementation in the next two–three years. The company, which was recently accorded the Platinum award in lean manufacturing and ...

Leadership teams that clearly link the target condition of a sustainable 5S process into the overall business strategy for operational excellence will make quantifiable financial gains. At Milliken & ...

Those of you grew up with Sesame Street may recall that each episode was brought to you by a different letter of the alphabet. I experienced my own version of this phenomenon three years ago, when ...

Interphex, New York, NY (Apr. 24)-Compared with other industries such as the automotive industry, the pharmaceutical industry has been slow to adopt lean manufacturing. This situation, however, is ...

For many businesses, implementation of the Toyota Production System (TPS) requires many new concepts such as 5S, Kaizen, Asa-Ichi, Genchi-Genbutsu and Yamazumi charting. The implementation of these ...

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), the corporate entity of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, bagged the 'Par-Excellence Award' for '5S implementation in Vizag Steel' at a national conclave held in Madurai ...

Over the past few years, Sri Lanka has seen a tremendous increase in the application of the Japanese workplace organization method, the 5S system, particularly in the corporate sector and emerging ...