Effectiveness of implementation of 5S tool in food industry during COVID 19

Abstract

5S housekeeping is the basics of Lean Manufacturing systems. As a tool for cleansing, sorting, organizing and providing the required basic initial changes for workplace improvement. This paper studies the effectiveness of implementation of 5S methodology in the Angel starch and food Pvt ltd. By following the 5S methodology, it shows important improvements to safety, productivity, efficiency and housekeeping. It also intends to create a stronger work ethic inside the management and staff who would be expected to continue the great practices. To identify the potential level of quality improvement and at the same time will analyse their ability and weakness of every division within the company. Effectiveness of 5S is analysed using before and after implementation in Angel starch and food Pvt ltd using tools. Tools like inventory turnover ratio, labour productivity, process rejection etc… has been used for measurement of daily production, sales, customer return, process rejection, machine breakdown. Result of this research is obtained from comparative measurement of before and after organisational performance. The result shows that 5S is a effective tool for improvement of organisation performance. © 2021 American Institute of Physics Inc.. All rights reserved.