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dc.rights.licenseAll rights reserveden_US
dc.contributor.advisorNieves Castro, Rafael A.
dc.contributor.authorRuiz Jiménez, Heidi Vimar
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-16T15:46:28Z
dc.date.available2020-09-16T15:46:28Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationRuiz Jiménez, H. V. (2015). Implementation of a 5S project to improve office layout and functionality in a small consulting firm [Unpublished manuscript]. Graduate School, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12475/617
dc.descriptionDesign Project Article for the Graduateen_US
dc.description.abstractPlanning is key to improve and maintain daily operations on an office environment, making it a challenge sometimes for small companies to accustom to this. Lack of organization and planning leads to poor usage of time, resources and can eventually lead to losses. This project focuses on proving small companies can obtain benefits when applying lean and six sigma tools. For the execution of this project, 2 issues were targeted: organizing the office and the implementation of a billings process. For the first issue, a 5S project was executed for 6 days. Items were sorted, organized and have now a designated place. To aid in the purchase and inventory, an inventory list was created. Now the company knows what items has, when to purchase and can track its administrative expenses easily. For the second issue, a short-term solution was applied, which was creating an invoice template. With the implementations of these simple tools, employees now spend 50% less time preparing an invoice. Employees are now aware of how they spend their time, manifesting the continuation of this project on other areas. Goals for this project were fulfilled and continuation of the same was highly requested and recommended. This project proves small companies can benefit from lean and six sigma tools with a minimal investment. Key Terms - 5S, Billing Process, Lean, Office Environment, Planning, Six Sigma, Small Companies, Template.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherPolytechnic University of Puerto Ricoen_US
dc.relation.ispartofManufacturing Competitiveness
dc.relation.ispartofseriesFall-2015
dc.relation.haspartSan Juanen_US
dc.subject.lcshSix sigma (Quality control standard)en_US
dc.subject.lcshLean manufacturing
dc.subject.lcshOffice layout
dc.subject.lcshPolytechnic University of Puerto Rico--Graduate students--Research
dc.titleImplementation of a 5S Project to Improve Office Layout and Functionality in a Small Consulting Firmen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.holderPolytechnic University of Puerto Rico, Graduate Schoolen_US


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