What are the 5S and why are necessary?

why are the 5S necessary

Factories are living organisms. Organisms move and change flexibly relationship with their environment.

In the business world, customer specifications are ever-changing, new technologies are constantly being developed, and generation after generation New products appear on the market. Meanwhile, sales competition escalates Each year gets tougher as companies try to build more sophisticated Product at low cost.

Factories facing the challenge of surviving in such dire circumstances Desperate to find a way to ensure their survival. as living organisms, if they do Unable to adapt to their changing environment, they perish. factories to survive Must learn from the environment; they have to destroy the former organizational Concepts and customs that no longer apply become more appropriate and strong organization.

However, many of these concepts and customs are included in every Part of the production, clerical and sales departments. With roots so deep, they Not easily uprooted and replaced. To use another biological metaphor, These deep-seated concepts and customs are like fat that has been refined Marble is fitted in every part of the body. Each and every shred of this fat is a total pure waste, and Overweight companies are least likely to win the survival marathon In the next century.

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