Comments on: 5S- The Foundation of Lean Manufacturing http://viveknaik.net/lean-philosophy/my-learnings/5s-the-foundation-of-lean-manufacturing/ A journey transforming people and proceses at a small manufacturing company! Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:39:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sugu http://viveknaik.net/lean-philosophy/my-learnings/5s-the-foundation-of-lean-manufacturing/comment-page-1/#comment-6608 sugu Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:24:34 +0000 http://viveknaik.net/?p=73#comment-6608 I totally agree "5S is the starting point of any lean transformation and forms a catalyst for culture of change" .It is "change of mind set" as platform for lean...... Many organization/industries of different sizes has created impact through this road map. Visit model company in Malaysia to know for yourself. I totally agree “5S is the starting point of any lean transformation and forms a catalyst for culture of change” .It is “change of mind set” as platform for lean…… Many organization/industries of different sizes has created impact through this road map. Visit model company in Malaysia to know for yourself.

]]> By: Vivek Naik http://viveknaik.net/lean-philosophy/my-learnings/5s-the-foundation-of-lean-manufacturing/comment-page-1/#comment-6494 Vivek Naik Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:28:59 +0000 http://viveknaik.net/?p=73#comment-6494 Hello Palitha, Are you confused about 5S as being the foundation of lean.? Hello Palitha,
Are you confused about 5S as being the foundation of lean.?

]]> By: Palitha http://viveknaik.net/lean-philosophy/my-learnings/5s-the-foundation-of-lean-manufacturing/comment-page-1/#comment-6491 Palitha Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:34:59 +0000 http://viveknaik.net/?p=73#comment-6491 can any body challange on 5s is a foundation of lean. appreciate some can give reasosns as i am confused here on both. can any body challange on 5s is a foundation of lean. appreciate some can give reasosns as i am confused here on both.

]]> By: Venki http://viveknaik.net/lean-philosophy/my-learnings/5s-the-foundation-of-lean-manufacturing/comment-page-1/#comment-894 Venki Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:59:01 +0000 http://viveknaik.net/?p=73#comment-894 I agreed with Jamie on this. 5S is just a tool. This is may be very frequently used in a manufacturing environment for varoius reasons, still it is a tool.Foundation of lean is practicing continuous Improvement and Respect for People priciples on a daily basis. 5S is one among many tools used in CI principle. I agreed with Jamie on this. 5S is just a tool. This is may be very frequently used in a manufacturing environment for varoius reasons, still it is a tool.Foundation of lean is practicing continuous Improvement and Respect for People priciples on a daily basis. 5S is one among many tools used in CI principle.

]]> By: Vivek Naik http://viveknaik.net/lean-philosophy/my-learnings/5s-the-foundation-of-lean-manufacturing/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Vivek Naik Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:35:12 +0000 http://viveknaik.net/?p=73#comment-16 Jamie, Thanks for your insight,I agree "foundation of lean" as title may have been too dramatic. And yes there may be processes where 5S is not so important, that completely depends on the current condition of the process. My opinions here are based experiences in improving manufacturing operation which was not standardized, with no documented processes, no planing, no measure.... absolute chaos. So you can imagine how 5S and standardized work takes dominance here. There are many reasons why 5S fails. But I disagree 5S as just a tool, for that matter any other tool of Lean.During early application of lean when we are only creating point solution it may be OK to think of tools as just tools and apply them where required without considering how they all will fit together. But as we get further on the journey of lean transformation we align these tools with respect to the system requirement, this is the time when they cannot be just tools that are randomly applied.At this state just solving a problem is not the end we have to sustain the improvement. Jamie,
Thanks for your insight,I agree “foundation of lean” as title may have been too dramatic. And yes there may be processes where 5S is not so important, that completely depends on the current condition of the process. My opinions here are based experiences in improving manufacturing operation which was not standardized, with no documented processes, no planing, no measure…. absolute chaos. So you can imagine how 5S and standardized work takes dominance here.
There are many reasons why 5S fails. But I disagree 5S as just a tool, for that matter any other tool of Lean.During early application of lean when we are only creating point solution it may be OK to think of tools as just tools and apply them where required without considering how they all will fit together. But as we get further on the journey of lean transformation we align these tools with respect to the system requirement, this is the time when they cannot be just tools that are randomly applied.At this state just solving a problem is not the end we have to sustain the improvement.

]]> By: Jamie Flinchbaugh http://viveknaik.net/lean-philosophy/my-learnings/5s-the-foundation-of-lean-manufacturing/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Jamie Flinchbaugh Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:37:50 +0000 http://viveknaik.net/?p=73#comment-15 I disagree that 5S is the foundation of lean. 5S is just a tool. Like any tool, it is meant to solve a problem. If you don't have those problems, then 5S won't deliver significant results. Many very successful lean journeys were not built on the back of 5S. Despite how long it's been around, people still screw up 5S repeatedly. I think the main reason is that they do 5S because 5S is a lean tool. They do it because it is easy. They aren't doing it because it's solving a problem that they have. 5S should organize the work so that problems become visible. That's its purpose. Consider a NASCAR garage. How does the floor look? It's spotless. Why? Because if there is a single drop of oil, you know about the problem right away. You don't want to wait to find out you have a problem 100 laps into a race. Here's a simple tool, 5S, but starts off on the wrong foot. It's applied without people knowing why they are doing it. Jamie Flinchbaugh www.jamieflinchbaugh.com I disagree that 5S is the foundation of lean. 5S is just a tool. Like any tool, it is meant to solve a problem. If you don’t have those problems, then 5S won’t deliver significant results. Many very successful lean journeys were not built on the back of 5S.

Despite how long it’s been around, people still screw up 5S repeatedly. I think the main reason is that they do 5S because 5S is a lean tool. They do it because it is easy. They aren’t doing it because it’s solving a problem that they have. 5S should organize the work so that problems become visible. That’s its purpose. Consider a NASCAR garage. How does the floor look? It’s spotless. Why? Because if there is a single drop of oil, you know about the problem right away. You don’t want to wait to find out you have a problem 100 laps into a race.

Here’s a simple tool, 5S, but starts off on the wrong foot. It’s applied without people knowing why they are doing it.

Jamie Flinchbaugh
http://www.jamieflinchbaugh.com

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