7 Best Tools For Productivity Improvement-Improve your Organisations Productivity By Using These Tools

7 Best Tools For Productivity Improvement-Improve your Organisations Productivity By Using These Tools

All organisations in the manufacturing industry want an effective operation process so after that they deliver faster,reliable service and better quality to their customers.They want to do this with limited possible resource.Top management always want more target production from employees,it is impossible for any of the employees to deliver the required target if your organisation not follow the productivity improvement tools.Here we till you 7 best tool for productivity improvement.

5S

5S is a philosophy, a way of life that one practices all the time every day.It involves everyone in an organisations. 5S is considered as the Foundation of improvement activities and its purpose is to involve the workforce in creating a safe,hygienic, satisfying and pleasant work environment.

What is 5S ? Understanding 5S Basics and 5S Pillars.

Use of 5S

• Remove waste from the workplace.
• Provide an environment where continuous improvement is encouraged.

• Create a culture of discipline.
• Improve Safety
• Improve Quality

Gemba/Shop Floor

   Gemba is a Japanese words and the meaning of Gemba is "The place Where Work Is Going On" or the Production Shop Floor.If you want to be improve your productivity than leave your seat and visit Gemba place to understand the process first,take process wise picture make some video.Than after that review these process picture and video from start to end two or three times from this exercise you definitely found the reason that impact your productivity.Than short out these issue and make standard give required training to concern employees.For regular improvement in process Gemba visit is necessary after regular interval of time.This is one of the best tool for productivity improvement.

Error Proofing/Poke yoke  

This tools is used for to detect and prevent defects from process.

Error Proofing are working with three method.

Stop the process when defect occur.

1. Inform/Warning signals that defects. 
2. Resolve the defects.

SMED-Single Minute Exchange Of Dies

  SMED is very important tools of any organisation for productivity improvement.It is a system of quick changeover times of Moulds,Die,Tools etc.SMED time in best or well establish industry is less than ten minute or in single digit.

There are so many benefits of SMED system:-

• Improve product quality
• Process lead time reduced
• Increase Production Efficiency
• Increase OEE
• Reduced rejection percentage

Produced One Pack One/Single Piece Flow

The concept "Produced One Pack One" is relate to parts that being passed a process without stopping the in-process part on production line.As per today industry sinerio this system is very important for any kind of part making industry.By using this productivity improvement system you can easily balance your production line as well.

Benefits of Produced One Pack One System:-

• Increase productivity
• Reduced in-process rejection percentage

• Reduced in-process inventory

• Minimise process cost

Plan-Do-Check-Act(PDCA)

PDCA means continuous improvement of process,main function of PDCA is to improve the quality effectiveness of process.

Plan-Establish the process and resolve the define problem

Do-Implement the plan

Check-Monitor and evaluate the results against objectiveness and report the results

Act-Apply improvement if needed and update SOP and monitor the process with regular interval. 

PPAP Level and Element

Cause and Effect(Fish-bone Diagram)

When we face a problem in process,it is very critical to identify the root cause before finding a solution.This cause is grouped in categories that is materials,people,equipment,methods,environments etc these categories gives structure to the diagram.By Fish-bone diagram we structure a brainstorming session.Once the diagram built why-why analysis methods is used to identify the root cause of the effect.

• It find the way to improve the process

• Fish-bone diagram locate bottlenecks in process

• It helps to identify root cause of the problem   

 These are the 7 Tools by using these tools you defiantly improve your productivity.