You were recently promoted to the head of the machine shop. as you start to look around, you notice that there are many machines on the production floor, but there doesn't seem to be an efficient flow from one machine to another. plus, the work in progress inventory is stacked up in front of many of the machines. you know that a lot of work in progress inventory is an indication of an inefficient process so you want to understand the movement of the material through the shop so that you can reduce the non-valued-added activities and reduce delay. what would be the best method to use?

Here we can use a approach which is know as 5 S PLUS 1 S.

Explanation:

This approach of 5 S PLUS 1 S means sort, set in order, shine, standardize,sustain and safety, this is a very common method that corporations uses to increase both their efficiency and productivity with decreasing the wastage of materials.

In this organization workplace method, we start with sorting out all the unnecessary material that we don't need  and then we start organizing the workplace, as it is important to keep all the inventories and other useful materials or tools properly and then comes the step of keeping useful stuff tidier and would help in maintaining a certain level of standard in the production and by keeping doing all these things an organization can maintain sustainability and keep the company free from any hazards.

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