4TH International Congress on Technology - Engineering & SCIENCE - Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia (2017-08-05)

6S Transformation In A Modular Manufacturing System: A Case For Implementation

Nowadays, manufacturers’ attempt to keep their company on highest level of efficient by eliminating wastes. In this study, 6S is used as a tool for reducing wastes in the case company. 6S is a modified version of the 5S methodology that includes “Safety” as the sixth S. The case company, producing modular products, which makes the company different from other similar studies. Modular design is a design approach that a complex product subdivided into smaller parts called modules or skins, the modules can be independently created and then used in different systems. In first part of the project, all the waste sources is identified and then 5S stages including sort, set in order, shine, standardize and sustain is applied. In the second part (sixth), workers and working environment is considered as the main source of waste so based on motion analysis, working environment, and workbenches ergonomic analyses is performed using ErgoFellow software. All the factors which cause high level of emergency were determined and relatively solutions were offered to eliminate overburdens on workers.
Reza Vatankhah Barenji, Kubra Ciftcier, Busra Kiziltas, Busra Biskin