Benefits from 5S application activities in small and medium enterprises

The 5S concept (Screening, Sorting, Cleanliness, Care, and Ready) originated in Japan and the early twentieth century and has been applied in Vietnam since 1993. This is a useful management method. Help businesses, especially small and medium enterprises (SMEs) reduce waste, improve product quality and competitiveness in domestic and international markets.

Vina CNC Joint Stock Company is a company located in Tu Liem Hanoi Industrial Park, has the strength in manufacturing industrial machines with the majority of employees (> 50%) graduating from universities, colleges and modern equipment, machinery was invested. Since its inception, CNC has put 5S into production and took 5S as one of the standards to maintain production and operation in the factory.

Under the initial support of the Northern Small and Medium Enterprises Support Center and JICA, 5S activities at CNC are applied in 5 steps:

1. Let’s start with practical 5S education: The first step of 5S implementation is to popularize and train 5S knowledge for all employees.
2. Managers themselves implement 5S: Management as an example for employees is a great motivation for the company’s improvement movement.
3. Create a Seiso habit (clean): To form a habit, workers need to keep an eye, attention and pay attention to
4. Make a habit of Seiri (screening): Decisively remove unnecessary objects
5. Thoroughly perform Seiso (sorting): Build a workspace with tools placed in conspicuous positions, easy to take / store and easy to use.
6. 5S evaluation: Develop a periodic 5S evaluation mechanism

After nearly 5 years of implementation, CNC-VINA Company has gained many significant benefits:

• Reducing waste of time searching for tools during work shifts;
• Tools and materials are placed in the right position to make the transition between the stages quick and easy;
• The rate of equipment failure and waste due to unplanned outages is significantly reduced through periodic checks, maintenance and maintenance;

Not only that, thanks to the efforts of the leaders of CNC-VINA, the implementation of 5S has now become a part of the improvement culture of the whole company. This brings an active, positive, responsible working attitude to each employee, contributing to reducing risks of safety issues, improving productivity and significantly improving the quality of the environment. labor.

As an enterprise operating in the field of machine manufacturing and automatic control, CNC-VINA has a staff of people who have many years of experience in machine manufacturing in Japanese joint ventures – A team of people Members are really capable people who own jobs, own companies in order to realize the goal of “Developing the mechanical industry of machine manufacturing with Vietnamese people”.

Productivity and Quality Office