5s Article

African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 8 (8), pp. 1720-1728, 20 April, 2009 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/AJB ISSN 1684–5315 © 2009 Academic Journals

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5S activities and its application at a sample company
Derya Sevim Korkut1*, Nevzat Cakıcıer1, E.Seda Erdinler2, Göksel Ulay3 and Ahmet Muhlis Do an4
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Duzce University, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Industrial Engineering, Duzce, 81620, Turkey. 2 Istanbul University, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Industrial Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey. 3 CAD Engineer, Numarine Yacht Company, Istanbul, Turkey. 4 Forest Industry Engineer, Duzce, Turkey.
Accepted 27 February, 2009

Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) targets enabling the machine operators to undertake the maintenance activities and therefore to increase the efficiency of the equipments. It struggles with six great losses decreasing the efficiency of the equipment. 5S, which is the pre-step of TPM, is a systematic approach providing the contribution of all personnel in the cleaning regime of the company. The clean and steady environment targeted by 5S has positive impacts on the work safety, quality, efficiency and morale. In this study, 5S system, used for ensuring order and discipline in the companies and ensuring the supervision of both simple and even the smallest details, has been reviewed in full details and they have been taken under the content of the research through selecting the assembly department as pilot department for 5S activities applied at a yacht manufacturing company. It has been targeted to set this as a guide for the directors of the company and the researches working in this field by assessing the results of this study. Key words: 5S, TPM, activity, company. INTRODUCTION Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is a protective maintenance system requiring the participation of all departments in order to obtain maximum equipment efficiency in an organization, which

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