IMPLEMENTATION OF 6S PRACTICES IN THE SILK MULTI-END REELING INDUSTRIES IN ANDHRA PRADESH

Abstract

Small scale industries plays an important role in Indian economy. It has emerged as powerful tool in providing relatively larger employment next to agriculture. It contributes morethan50%oftheindustrialproductionin value addition term sand generate one third of the export revenue. Global markets are continuously changing and demanding product of high quality and low cost. Such products can be produced using lean manufacturing tools and techniques, a management philosophy that aimed to reduce all types of wastes at all levels of product manufacturing so as to reduce product cost. 6S is a basic lean manufacturing tool for cleaning, sorting, organizing and providing necessary ground work for workplace improvement. This paper deals with the implementation of 6S methodology in the multi-end silk reeling unit, Dharmavaram, Anantapuram, Andhra Pradesh. Out of the available various lean manufacturing techniques, 6S offers good potential for required improvement. Ten week study is carried out in the case company. The resultsafterthe6Simplementations states that production system efficiency isimprovedfrom67%to 88.8%inthe successive week.