5S helps to minimize manufacturing errors

After 3 months of implementing the 5S Good Practice Guidance Program of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the appearance and working environment of Ha Gia Phat Co., Ltd. (Lam Dong) has changed markedly, the rate of error in the production process. The company’s morale decreased significantly, the morale of the employees was enhanced.

Deployed from October to December 2018 on the entire area of ​​the plywood factory, from an enterprise that has never known 5S, after 3 months, the entire campus outside and in the factory of the Company Ltd. Ha Gia Phat has changed. The factory’s working space is airy and clean; Raw materials, product sales, products are tidied, neat, easy to take, easy to transport to the next stage, which has helped increase the company’s labor productivity.

Mr. Ha Van Dinh – Director of Ha Gia Phat Co., Ltd. – shared, with the support of consultants, the company has established a 5S Board consisting of members from the department, the Board of Directors, the next room. planning and production department. The company has invested 26 million VND to buy tools and tools for 5S such as paint, plastic basket, mika sea, posters, 5S slogans, etc. The implementation of the program involves direct participation from leaders, In which, the Board of Directors directly directs the activities of the 5S movement. This has helped the production department to be more conscious and serious during implementation.

According to Ms. Tran Vo Thi Trang – Consultant Epro Consulting Joint Stock Company, the results of implementing good practice 5S have brought businesses clear benefits. The premises of the factory and warehouse are drawn with the path, main path, making the workshop clear; area for moving and / or goods circulation between stages. The company’s officers and employees have been raised awareness about 5S, have a sense of complying with the regulations, keeping the factory clean and tidy. The warehouse is tidily planned and more open than before. In particular, the previously encountered error, failure condition has been significantly reduced; Product quality has been improved, visitors appreciate the company’s change when visiting the factory.

Through the implementation process, it shows that, through the model of Ha Gia Phat Co., Ltd., the most potential effective 5S implementation areas in the industry for businesses are production areas. The most effective clean – sort – clean solution. The solution most satisfied by the business is to re-layout the factory area, draw out the main paths in the factory and warehouse. The enterprise was certified by the Ministry of Industry and Trade No. 5S / 2018 / DN-31, dated December 31, 2018.

Ms. Tran Vo Thi Trang – Consultant of Epro Consulting Joint Stock Company:

Enterprises that have implemented 5S should continue to do so through activities that regularly remind workers about 5S, and have policies to encourage employees to gradually form tidy and clean habits.

Productivity and Quality Office