Turkish Prysmian Cable expands 6S application

The 6S application, which was initiated in-house by Türk Prysmian Kablo, the leading company in the Turkish cable sector, and which is seen as the basis of lean production, expands and continues today with 16 teams. With the application that started in 2017 and spread to the whole factory, it is aimed to reduce costs, to simplify the organizational structure by using its qualified employees in the best way and to increase both quality and safety.

Türk Prysmian Kablo, the Turkish operation of Prysmian Group, the leader of the worldwide energy and telecommunication cables sector, continues its 6S application, which it started in 2017 with 8 teams, with 16 teams today. The 8 new teams included in this application in 2019 spent the last 3 months of the year with the audits of the engineer employees of Türk Prysmian Kablo, who took part in the production, after a training period that lasted about 6 months and completed the whole process successfully. Finally, the teams received appreciation for their projects at the meeting attended by Türk Prysmian Kablo CEO Cinzia Farisè and Factory Director Halil Kongur.

"The basis of lean manufacturing is 6S application"

The 5S application, which was first initiated by Toyota in the 1950s with the vision of lean manufacturing; It consists of Seiri (Sorting), Seiton (Order), Seiso (Cleaning), Seiketsu (Standardization), Shitsuke (Discipline) steps. This application has evolved into the 6S with the addition of the Safety step in recent years. The lean manufacturing philosophy of Taiichi Ohno, an engineer who created the lean production model and developed the principles of lean production; It focuses on eliminating losses in production, increasing productivity, reducing work accidents and errors, effective use of production area and facilities and increasing quality. With the cleaner, tidier and safer work environment created in the institutions that have switched to the lean production approach, the motivation and productivity of the employees are increasing.

"The application will spread to the whole factory"

Cinzia Farisè, CEO of Türk Prysmian Kablo, who said that the application, which started with 8 teams, continues to expand with 16 teams today, said, "We first launched the 6S application in the field of production. As of this year, we will also launch in offices. Our biggest goal is to ensure that this practice covers our entire company and is sustainable with monthly audits. In our opinion, the most important feature of 6S applications is that our colleagues take ownership of both their work and their work areas thanks to their one-to-one involvement in this activity. As our trainings and inspections continue, we experience visible, positive changes in the field together. These positive changes both increase our motivation and create a more efficient and safe working environment." Said.