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From ORE to OUTPUT: Enhancing Efficiency through 5S Principles in Mining & Mineral Processing Industry

ByNital April 1, 2024April 1, 2024

Introduction Have you ever considered the transformative impact that implementing 5S principles could have on the mining and mineral processing industries? Despite the inherent challenges of dusty environments and complex operations involving manpower, machinery, and materials, one of our clients—a prominent player in this sector—faced inefficiencies in material management, space utilization, and procurement processes. These…

Harmonizing Efficiency of Instrumentation Workshop by Achieving the Principles of Workplace Excellence

ByAdmin January 8, 2024January 8, 2024

Introduction In the ever-evolving landscape of the manufacturing and processing industry, the quest for precision, safety, and efficiency never ceases. This case study unveils the remarkable journey of a manufacturing industry’s instrumentation workshop that harnessed the power of the workplace excellence methodology to not only optimize its layout but also boost safety, morale, and overall…

Why is it not enough to manufacture only as per specification?

ByNital March 14, 2023March 14, 2023

This is a very famous case study of Ford transmission system vs Japanese transmission system. Both were manufactured as per drawing. But the difference was in the consistency. Japanese parts consistency was much higher. They were not just matching drawing specifications. But were very close to each other. Which means technically their process capability was…

Fundamental Mistakes in 5S: Part 5

ByNital March 11, 2023April 26, 2023

5. No FPP (Fixed Point Photography) “You have to know the past to know the future – Carl Sagan” Taking before picture of your 5S activity is like keeping history of what was happening. Before you jump to 1S, 2S, 3S…… wait. Take time and capture current state in photographs. You have to be thoughtful…

Fundamental Mistakes in 5S: Part 4

ByNital March 6, 2023March 6, 2023

4. Not keeping log of Red Tag items “You can’t manage what you don’t track – Valentino Crawford” In a large government utility once after doing a massive 5S campaign and removing a lot of items in 1s (Red Tag), the top management was reviewing the status. Suddenly a senior manager asked for a very…

Fundamental Mistakes in 5S: Part 3

ByNital January 2, 2023January 2, 2023

3. Not deciding time for action on Red Tag “Removing a Red Tag is more important than putting a Red Tag.” Usually the top management that starts 5S activity is not aware that the during the 1s (Seiri) activity, they would have to take timely decision on many items (especially if you are doing 5S…

Fundamental Mistakes in 5S: Part 2

ByNital December 28, 2022December 28, 2022

2. Not putting Red Tag and doing 1S activity. “It is like entering a hall without a ticket.” Many times organizations are in hurry to do 5S (I don’t know why?). So they just identify iterms that are not required in a perticular area and put it in Red Zone (separate area) without putting a…

Fundamental Mistakes in 5S – Part 1

ByNital December 27, 2022December 27, 2022

1. Not doing why-why analysis after 1S activity “Putting “Red Tag” and keeping the items in Red Zone is not enough” In a large machine manufacturing company when we did Red Tag campaign, we found more than 2178 tags. But we just did not stop at putting those Red Tag items in Red Tag area…

From ORE to OUTPUT: Enhancing Efficiency through 5S Principles in Mining & Mineral Processing Industry

Harmonizing Efficiency of Instrumentation Workshop by Achieving the Principles of Workplace Excellence

Why is it not enough to manufacture only as per specification?

Fundamental Mistakes in 5S: Part 5

Fundamental Mistakes in 5S: Part 4

Fundamental Mistakes in 5S: Part 3

Fundamental Mistakes in 5S: Part 2

Fundamental Mistakes in 5S – Part 1

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