After the company held a lean management consulting project kick-off meeting on March 12, a group of four members from the Lean Management Consulting Team of Peking University conducted serious and meticulous on-site observations and intensive interviews with our company.
On March 19, they presented a pertinent diagnosis and Improve report. On March 20th, the consultants of Peking University conducted a special training on “5S Activity Basic Introduction” to relevant personnel of our company.
On March 21, under the guidance of Beijing University’s Zongheng consultants, for the 5S on-site improvement of the proposed benchmark positions-wire cutting positions and the general office, we used fixed-point photography for the first time to find out 26 items that did not conform to 5S. , Clean up the basic requirements.
In the past week, the 5S problem rectification has brought obvious changes to the worksite.


Tiexi plant arranges 5S improvement work in the morning meeting
Through the initial implementation of “organization”, “rectification” and “cleaning” activities, we have largely separated the necessary and unnecessary items.
All the small and micro wastes that can not be reused, the odd-shaped and difficult-to-reuse scraps are removed from the work area and concentrated in a fixed area for the orderly management and timely sale.
Place the right amount of frequently used materials and common tools in the designated area near the post, and place the finished and semi-finished products in a fixed area.


Return the infrequently used tools to the warehouse for storage, and change the production space from product type to mouth type.
After organizing the cleaning of the WEDM equipment area, we discovered and solved the hidden dangers of the plug-in row and the water leakage of the machine tool.
It seems that the benefit of cleaning is that during the cleaning process, you will find problems that you usually can’t see. As the consultant said, “cleaning can remove the mess and solve the root cause”.