Lean Tools | 5S | 1st S is Seiri or Sorting | Definition and Technique For Implementation.

5S are not just like only 5 usual words, these 5 words Can Change A person, a Company, a Society, a Country as well as the whole world! Don’t think I am mad. Yes! It’s true. But This is not so easy to implement these 5S. These 5 words Sort, Set In Order, Shine, Standardize, & Sustain you can not achieve within one day. You can easily implement the sort, set in order, shine & standardize, but it is not too easy to implement the 5^th S, Sustain. You need to practice these daily basis. And I told you the sentence before that “Practice Makes a Man Perfect”, One day it will be your habit. That’s the main morality of this concept. Let us Discuss about All these 5S.

1^st S is

Seiri Or Sort:

Seiri means sorting all over the contents of the workplace and eliminate all unnecessary items whatever you are not needed and just keep only what are going to need. This is an object to place and remove all unnecessary items from the workstation. Seiri has two main goals:

        I.            Eliminate unnecessary objects, &

      II.            Minimize all kinds of wastage.

Too many workstations are messed with belongings that are no longer required. This concept not only apply inside a factory, also you may apply it offices, may have “libraries” of moldy manuals or binders or filling cabinets with outdated records should be archived off-site.  Warehouses or repair shops may take on outmoded raw materials, inventory or spare parts. Even Bulletin Boards can be clogged with olden notices. The Computer system may also get cluttered with age programs or data that should be archived.   

Action Items:

1.      At first select the workplace what you want to sort. Then look around to find out and ascertain objects which are not necessary and not essential to complete the work.

2.      Enrich standard for settlement for not necessary objects. Take before photographs wherever it is required. An effective method for recording is to tag the objects that not necessary. This overt control of the not-necessarily object is often called red tagging.

3.      While marking red ted tag, ask these questions:

                                I.            Is this object necessary?

                              II.            If it is necessary, how frequently is it used?

                            III.            If it is necessary, should it be located here?

                           IV.            Who is ultimately responsible for the item? If it’s needed for another person    immediately verify the object from the person.

                               V.    Are there any other not-necessary objects cluttering the workplace?

                            VI.          Are there tools or material left on the floor?

6. Find the inhabited area to put red tagged objects.

7. If it is difficult to determine whether is necessary or not, put a different tag and segregate it in the inhabited area.

8. Categorize the objects by frequency of use.

9. Objects or ingredient used hour by hour or day by day should be kept within arms reach of the point of use.

10. Objects or material used once a week or once a month should be kept within the work area.

11. Objects or element used less frequently should be stored in a more distant location.

12. Unwanted or unnecessary objects should be stored in the inhabited area.

13. Individual Department should have an inhabited area.

14. An inhabited area should be clearly visible and clearly marked to assure visual control of objects.

15. Display pictures of objects & Place it on a public board visible to all.

16. Responsibility for the inhabited area should be assigned to someone at the beginning of sorting activity.

17. The objects in inhabited area should be kept for three or four months. If the items are not necessary for work, then the objects can be removed. It is always necessary to verify plans to remove items with anyone who had been using these items in the past or are presently using the same or similar type of items.

18. Objects should be disposed to a company-level inhabited area before finally remove of the items.

19. The responsible manager or an authorized person has to count the objects.

20. Removing should be done in either of the following ways.

                    I.            Sent to others department or section where the items are required.

                  II.            To Sell  some other person out of the company.

                III.            Abandon and tugging away.

21. Remove all the objects which are broken or have no value.

22. Take after photographs wherever it is required.

Now keep the sorting list up to date with the same information, You must track down any red tags that the list still as exclusive-as “not yet moved about”. Practicing with red tag to eliminate waste is similar. The time frame might be longer than the month identify for renouncing unnecessary objects. However, the attempts should begin and be continuous. But management support and commitment are critical over the long term.

While the improvement happens, add the information to the red tag and keep it recorded.  The next Topics will be discussed about the benefit of seiri terms.

 Written By:
Md. Farid Ahmed
IE Officer
Fakir Apparels Ltd.
BSCIC Industrial Area, Enayet Nagar,
Fatulla,Narayangonj, Bangladesh.
Mobile: 8801814220987

E-mail: farid.ieconcern@gmail.com

Written By:

Md. Farid Ahmed

IE Officer 

Fakir Apparels Ltd.

BSCIC Industrial Area, Enayet Nagar,

Fatulla, Narayangonj, Bangladesh. 

Mobile: 8801814220987

E-mail: farid.ieconcern@gmail.com

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