| Pub. Date | :May, 2021 |
|---|---|
| Product Name | : The IUP Journal of Operations Management |
| Product Type | : Article |
| Product Code | : IJOM20521 |
| Author Name | : Jagdeep Singh, Harwinder Singh and Pardeep Singh |
| Availability | : YES |
| Subject/Domain | : Management |
| Download Format | : PDF Format |
| No. of Pages | : 15 |
5S is a Lean manufacturing tool for workplace improvement. This study has been carried out in the manufacturing industry of Punjab to determine the role of 5S practices in performance improvement. A questionnaire survey has been conducted to analyze the various aspects of 5S practices. Various initiatives, including top management involvement and employee involvement in 5S initiatives, are assessed for their role in performance improvement, using structural equation modeling. Reliability of various constructs has been measured along with discriminant validity of constructs. Descriptive statistics has been calculated for various benefits to assess the important benefits that occurred. The results indicate that 5S practices significantly contribute to performance improvement.
5S is a Lean manufacturing tool for cleaning, sorting, organizing and providing necessary groundwork for workplace improvement. In other words, 5S means good housekeeping. It consists of five Japanese works which describe standardized clean up. These are explained as follows: