Evaluation of The Leading Work Culture 5S in Industry

Abstract

At the moment the changes in the industrial world are getting faster, work demands increase based on the company wants. To support work it can be done easier and more comfortably, a effective and efficient work culture must be built. The effect of not succeeding in implementing an effective and efficient work culture is a work environment that is not clean and not neatly arranged. This paper will illustrate efforts to evaluate the application of the 5S (Five-S) work culture in the pine resin industry. 5S is applied to get a safe and comfortable working atmosphere. 5S stands for Seiri (sort), Seiton (Straighten), Seiso (Shine), Seiketsu (Standardize) and Shitsuke (sustain). The result of 5S evaluation is carried out in the pine gum industry produced a total score of 47, which 5S implementation was below the average, and a review was needed to increase the implementation of very weak of 5S component. The values of each 5S component are Seiri, Seiton, Seiso, Seiketsu and Shitsuke, respectively 17, 11, 7, 7, and 5. So the improvements are focused on Seiton, Seiso, Seiketsu and Shitsuke.