Plant Renovation Project

Abstract

The 5S is a Lean methodology widely used for companies to address their workplace organization and cleanliness For this project, it was applied at Linde, Puerto Rico. Employee and equipment downtime increased due to poor inventory organization and management. Therefore, the 5S were performed for the areas that needed urgent organization. Employee downtime was reduced from 10% to 4% average downtime and a benefit of $1,500 was acquired. Long-term benefits are expected to keep reducing employee downtime and to maintain a culture of cleanliness in workplace environment. Standards were placed to promote continuous improvement and broken windows theory to sustain company efforts. Key Terms ⎯ 5S Implementation, Continuous Improvement, Culture, Lean.