Implementation of 5S in Manufacturing Industry: A Case of Foreign Workers in Melaka

¹ Faculty of Technology Management and Technopreneurship, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, 76100 Durian Tunggal Melaka, Malaysia
² Centre of Technopreneurship Development (C-TeD), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, 76100 Durian Tunggal Melaka, Malaysia

^* Corresponding author: haslindamusa@utem.edu.my

Abstract

Lean manufacturing system has been infiltrated in manufacturing sectors across the world. In fact, Lean manufacturing system is a practice which regards the use of the resources, creation of value for the end customers, and as the ways to eliminate the waste. There are several tools that can be used to eliminate the waste within the industry. This research is a study of the implementation of 5S in manufacturing industry. Despite this, the research study focused on manufacturing industry, which has been implemented 5S system in Melaka State. Although there are number of tools and technique available to help in improving the manufacturing process, however, there is only few industries could implement the tools successfully. In this research, foreign workers play a main role in implement the 5S systems as the manufacturing industry in Malaysia adopt large amount of foreign workers to work as employees. Therefore, it is important to ensure the foreign workers truly understand the concept of 5S system and adopt the best ways to implement it in order to have better performance. This research study has been proposed by the research model of the barriers to implementation of 5S in manufacturing industry among foreign workers. A several research method has been adopted to do the research, such as descriptive research design with quantitative methods, survey questionnaire and cross-sectional studies.