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respective area with well-organized way thereby reducing wastage of time and time for repair
(Moradi et al., 2011)
. The third S, Sesio, is related to the cleanliness of workplace, which
facilitates identification the defects and leakages. The presence of dirt, dust, scrap or trash at
workplace result in lowering of the work efficiency, increase the need for maintenance and repair
which contradicts with defined principles of TPM (Moradi et al., 2011). Further, Seiketsu and
Shitsuke, effect indirectly on establishing various pillars of TPM.
1.7.5 Relation of 5S with other Quality Tools
5S and kaizen are the foundation of JIT and considered to be
the first stage during the
implementation of JIT (Farooquie and Mohapatra, 2009). Rane et al. (2004) have emphasized
that the effective use of 5S act as stepping stone for JIT implementation. 5S is a basic practice of
JIT (Hirano, 1996; Chen and Tan, 2013).) For the successful conduct of quality circles, there is
the need of 5S tool Ho (1997) and Ho (1999a, b). 5S implementation in an organization can also
facilitate the realization of Environmental management standard (ISO 14000) (Ho, 1999c).
Ansari and Modarress (1997) have discussed that Boeing carried out 5S as a world-class strategy
or a tool for safety process improvement. Van Iwaarden et al. (2008) have observed that 5S
initiatives can facilitate implementation of 6σ. 5S and 6σ have also been correlated positively in
Toyota Production System by Ho (2006). Pil and Fujjimoto (2007) have discussed 5S as an
integral component (DNA) of Toyota Production System.
5S can be part of the process of visual control of a well-planned lean system which help
in the improving the visibility of problems (Hirano, 1995). Durmusoglu and Nomak (2005) have
found that there is the need of flexible labor for the cellular manufacturing system, so training in
5S is needed for ensuring employee involvement. The development
of IT-based integrated
manufacturing management system (IMMS) requires the combination of manufacturing planning
and control systems (viz. JIT, MRPII/ERP) with ecology oriented manufacturing (EOM) and 5S
(Ahmed et al., 2005). It has been observed that 5S has good linkage with number of quality tools
as represent diagrammatically in the Figure 5.
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