Confederation of Indian Industry

Northern Region
Sector 31-A, Chandigarh 160 030
Tel
: 0172-2607228, 2605868, 5080784
Fax
: 0172-2606259, 2614974
Email
: harinder.singh@ciionline.org
Website : www.cii.in

Harinder Jeet Singh

Deputy Head

07 January 2008
Circular No. NR 02/ 2008

Dear Sir / Madam,

TRAINING PROGRAMME ON

WASTE MANAGEMENT THROUGH 5S, 3M & K AIZEN

Friday, 1st February 2008: Venue - CII - Chandigarh
0900hrs 1730 hrs

Waste elimination concepts have been adopted by many organizations globally, as a way of
providing better value to the customers by reducing costs, improving quality,
responsiveness and fle xibility, and thus resulting in improved profitability.
5S, 3M & Kaizen are the most popular methods adopted by organizations globally for
effective Waste Management.

Concept of 5S
5S is a reference to a list of five Japanese words which 'start' with S. This list is a mnemonic
for a methodology that is often incorrectly characterized as "standardized cleanup",
however it is much more than cleanup. 5S is a philosophy and a way of organizing and
managing the workspace and work flow with the intent to improve efficiency by eliminating
waste.
The key targets of 5S are workplace morale and efficiency. The assertion of 5S is, by
assigning everything a location, time is not wasted by looking for things. Additionally, it is
quickly obvious when something is missing from its designated location. 5S advocates

believe the benefits of this methodology come from deciding what should be kept, where it
should be kept, and how it should be stored. This decision making process should lead to
a dialog which can build a clear understanding, between employees, of how work should be
done. It also instills ownership of the process in each employee. The order of items or
activities should be in a manner to promote work flow. For example, tools should be kept at
the point of use, workers should not have to repetitively bend to access materials, flow
paths can be altered to improve efficiency, etc.
The 5S's are Seiri, Seiton, Seiso, Seiketsu and Shitsuke
5S in a business context
The 5S methodology has been adopted into a variety of organizations from small business
to Fortune 500 companies. All implement the 5S's for improving productivity and
performance of employees.

CONCEPT OF 3M Muda, Muri & Mura

Muda is a Japanese term for activity that is waste and doesn't add value. Mura means
inconsistency in the system which has to be addressed for effective working at shopfloor.
Muri means strain which should be kept minimum for increasing employee efficiency.
These are also key concepts in the Toyota Production System
A process adds value by producing goods or providing a service that a customer will pay
for. A process consumes resources and waste occurs when more resources are consumed
than are necessary to produce the goods or provide the service that the customer actually
wants. Waste reduction is an effective way to increase profitability.

Concept of Kaizen
Kaizen means "improvement". Kaizen strategy calls for never-ending efforts for
improvement involving everyone in the organization managers and workers alike. The
Kaizen method of continuous incremental improvements is an originally Japanese
management concept for incremental (gradual, continuous) change (improvement). Kaizen

is actually a way of life philosophy, assuming that every aspect of our life deserves to be
constantly improved.

Objective
To improve Productivity, Quality, Delivery, Safety and Morale

Faculty
Experts from CII L M Thapar Centre for Competitiveness for SMEs, with an extensive
experience in practical implementation of 5S, 3M and Kaizen in wide range of industries
and proficiency in conducting workshops and intensive training programmes, will be the
faculty for this programme.

Who should attend?

Operation/Production Managers,
Production Head
Engineers / Industrial Engineers
Process Owners

Unique Opportunity
Under a special drive to popularise 5S, 3M and Kaizen practices among Indian Industry, we
are offering this training program me at highly subsidized participation fee. The objective is each company to send at least three people (Each from Production, Quality and Industrial
Engineering background) for effective implementation.

We kindly invite you to take the advantage of this opportunity by nominating concerned
Executive from your organisation through the enclosed Registration Form.

Looking forward to receive nomination(s) from your end.

Yours sincerely

Harinder Jeet Singh

Deputy Head
CII - L M Thapar Centre for Competitiveness
Confederation of Indian Industry, Sector 31-A, Chandigarh 160 030
Tel: 0172-5080784 (D), 5080781
Fax: 0172-2606259, 2614974
E mail: harinder.singh@ciionline.org
Logon to www.ciicfc.org

Confederation of Indian Industry

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) works to create and sustain an environment conducive to the growth of
industry in India, partnering industry and government alike through advisory and consultative processes.
CII is a non-government, not -for-profit, industry led and industry managed organisation, playing a proactive role in
Indias development process. Founded over 112 years ago, it is Indias premier business association, with a direct
membership of over 7000 organisations from the private as well as public sectors, including SMEs and MNCs, and
an indirect membership of over 90,000 companies from around 362 national and regional sectoral associations.
A facilitator, CII catalyses change by working closely with government on policy issues, enhancing efficiency,
competitiveness and expanding business opportunities for industry through a range of specialised services and
global linkages. It also provides a platform for sectoral consensus building and networking. Major emphasis is laid
on projecting a positive image of business, assisting industry to identify and execute corporate citizenship
programmes. Partnerships with over 120 NGOs across the country carry forward our initiatives in integrated and
inclusive development, which include health, education, livelihood, diversity management, skill development and
water, to name a few.
CIIs theme of Building People, Building India puts the spotlight on Human Resource Development: making people
more efficient, entrepreneurial and innovative, to make India and Indian industry even more competitive, across all
sectors of the economy and all sections of society, at all levels Global, National, Regional, State and Zonal.
With 62 offices in India, 8 overseas in Australia, Austria, China, France, Japan, Singapore, UK, USA and
institutional partnerships with 240 counterpart organisations in 101 countries, CII serves as a reference point for
Indian industry and the international business community.
CII-L M Thapar Centre for Competitiveness for SMEs
The Confederation of Indian Industry has been continuously charting a road map for Indian industry to reach the
ultimate destination i.e. world class. To help the indust ry improve its competitiveness, CII has set up a Centre of
Excellence at Chandigarh. CII - L M Thapar-Centre for Competitiveness is a unique concept and home for the
industry for their needs related to enhancement of competitiveness. SMEs in particular, can look up to the centre to
handhold them to a new level of excellence.
The Centre has adopted a unique diagnostic methodology to assess your needs related to manufacturing and
business. The diagnosis is done after a thorough analysis of the collected relevant data by in-house experts in the
Centre.
The working, apart from analysis of the hardcore figures and manufacturing processes also focusses on one of the
most important elements of competitiveness i.e. People. Need of soft skills development, whether they be on
Productivity enhancements, Leadership qualities, Customer satisfactions etc constitute a major focus of the overall
approach.
The threadbare analysis leads to identification of various needs in the fields such as Quality, Cost, Energy, HR etc.
Based on this assessment a basket of services is made available to the companies. The basket carries optimum
weightage of required services in the form of a package.
Services Offered
The delivery is through a coordinated and participative approach. The Centre works closely with the organisation to
take you to new heights of competitiveness. The centre offers the following services under its umbrella:
Clusters for Competitiveness

Energy Audits and Management

Manufacturing Excellence

Total Cost Management

Human Resource Management

Corrosion Prevention

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