 Industry: Suryalakshmi cotton mills

ltd.
 Mentor: K.Ananth Phani

 Submitted by:
 Rohan.J
 BFT/15/314
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 5s in
 DENIM SPREADING AND CUTTING
DEPARTMENT.
 DENIM WASHING DEPARTMENT.

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 Formally defined 5s is a method of creating a clean and orderly
workspace that exposes waste and makes abnormalities immediately
visible.
 S – Sort
 S – Set in order
 S – Shine
 S – Standardise
 S – Sustain

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 In order to achieve high levels
of quality, safety and
productivity workers must have
a conducing environment.
 As seen in the figures the fabric
coming from the warehouse is
placed directly on the floor in
the cutting and spreading
department.
 Several bundles of different
styles of fabrics are kept on the
ground with no systematic
arrangement of fabric styles.
 In such case the operators find it
difficult to find a specific style
of fabric from all those bundles.

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 If tools and materials are
conveniently located in
uncluttered work areas
operators spend less time
looking for items.
 This leads to higher workstation
efficiency, a fundamental goal in
mass production.
 The installation of racks and
tables can result smooth
working without any deviation
or obstruction in the operator’s
work. In this way everyone will
be knowing where things are
supposed to be.
 It can increase space and work
area and it can also be time
saving.

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Date Buyer Style Po No Dispatch Actual Remarks
plan dispatch
ed
11-1-2018 Levis KNOT *** *** ***

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