16.06.2011

First stages of teaching on main principles and methods of lean production took place in branch of JSC “MOESK” – High-Voltage Cable Grids (HVCG). Seminar on course “Basics of Kaizen. Management of changes” took place.

Lessons are carried out by consultants of Russian representative office of Kaizen Institute – world leader in the sphere of introduction of methods of production systems’ development. Heads of structural divisions of branch got acquainted with methodology “5S” in frames of project on development of production system on the ground of principles and methods of lean production.

Method “5S” is a way of organization of production sites and working places, consisting of five steps. First step is “Separation”: separation of needed from not needed things on working places. Second – “Specific places for everything”: location of necessary things (instruments, materials, stock resources and other) in distinctly determined places to provide easy and immediate access to them. Dead-work such as transportation and movement, searches for necessary thing, should be minimized, in order not to spend work time for it. Third step – “Support of cleanness”: regular cleaning of working places, production sites and cleaning of used equipment. Fourth – “Standardization”: establishment of standards of working places, as well as procedures of regular supporting of cleanness and order. And the last, fifth – “Self-discipline and improvement”: turning of accepted standards into custom, their firm execution and improvement.

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Practical training on course “System 5S. Visualization and standardization” took place in High-Voltage Cable Grids in order that system’s principles work not only in theory but in reality. On one of industrial centers of branch its employees worked on organization of working places according to methodology “5S”. Two facilities were chosen for audit – craft wagon and workroom of unit of oil-immersed and polyethylene cables.

According to worked out plan participants of training proceeded with putting things in order and rationalization in workroom and in wagon. Having divided into two teams, they carried out separation of instruments, materials, equipment, removed unused things. Then specific places for everything were determined. As a result both in workroom and in wagon only necessary things remained, being on their places. Estimation of made efforts showed that effectiveness and safety of working places, location of equipment and materials amounted to 14 and 15 points.

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But teaching of lean production in High-Voltage Electric Grids is not completed hereto. During June employees of High-Voltage Electric Grids will learn topics “Kobetsu-Kaizen – focused solving of problems” and “Built-in quality”.