Guntakal DRM s office first in railways to get 5S certification

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1 DRM GUNTAKAL IS THE FIRST DRM OFFICE OF INDIAN RAILWAYS TO GET THE 5S CERTIFICATION. SHRI. T P SINGH DIVISIONAL RAILWAY MANAGER HAS TAKEN THE LEAD AND HAS IMPLEMENTED IN A RECORD TIME OF SEVEN MONTHS UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF QCFI TEAM. DR. KVV SATYANARAYANA, SR. DIVISIONAL FINANACE MANAGER WAS THE PILOT TO START THE 5S JOURNEY IN DRM GUNTAKAL IN FINANCE DEPARTMENT. HE AND HIS TEAM DEVELOPED SOFTWARE FOR WEEDING OUT AND RETRIVAL OF FILES ON A REGULAR BASIS. PLEASE FIND BELOW THE PRESS RELEASE. Guntakal DRM s office first in railways to get 5S certification By Express News Service - HYDERABAD 20th April :15 PM The divisional railway manager s (DRM) office, Guntakal division of the South Central Railway, has become the first DRM s office of the Indian Railways to get the prestigious 5S certification awarded from the Quality Circle Forum of India. The 5S is a Japanese technique for workplace organisation and housekeeping that uses a list of five Japanese words: seiri (sort), seiton (arrange), seiso (clean), seiketsu (standardise), and shitsuke (sustain). It describes how to organise a work space for efficiency and effectiveness by identifying and storing the items used, maintaining the area and items and sustaining the new order. The decision-making process usually comes from a dialogue on standardisation, which builds understanding among employees of how they should do the work.

2 It has taken seven months of hard work and motivation for the Team Guntakal to attain this coveted target. During the course of this process, the division has been able to dispose of 70 tonnes of old records and files. It has also adopted a software for record-keeping, issuing and weeding out. This software is developed with VB as front-end and MS Access as back-end upgradable to Oracle. Any file or record in the DRM s office can now be fetched in 30 seconds. House-keeping has tremendously improved not only for filing but also in other areas like toilets, parking, gardens, notice boards, homes and hospital. Visual Standards in different areas have been innovated by Team Guntakal to ensure that everything has a place and everything is in its place. SCR general manager DP Pande congratulated divisional railway manager TP Singh and his team of officials on their remarkable work and achievement.

3 No.29/13-14 SOUTH CENTRAL RAILWAY PRESS RELEASE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE, SECUNDERABAD Secunderabad DRM s Office, Guntakal becomes the First Office in Indian Railways to be 5S Certified By Quality Circle Forum of India

4 Shri T P Singh, Divisional Railway Manager, Guntakal Division along with Team Guntakal seen Displaying the 5S certification issued by Quality Circle Forum of India The Divisional Railway Manager s (DRM) Office, Guntakal Division of South Central Railway has become the first DRM office on Indian Railways to get the prestigious 5S certification awarded by the Quality Circle Forum of India. 5Sis a Japanese technique for workplace organization and housekeeping that uses a list of fivejapanesewords:seiri(sort),seiton(arrange),seiso(cle an),seiketsu(standardize),andshitsuke(sustain).translit eratedor translated intoenglish, they all start with the letter "S". It describes how to organize a work space for efficiency and effectiveness by identifying and storing the items used, maintaining the area and items, and sustaining the new order. The decision-making process usually comes from a dialogue about

5 standardization, which builds understanding among employees of how they should do the work. It has taken seven months of hard work and motivation for Team Guntakalto attain this coveted target. During the course of this process, the Division has been able to dispose of 70 tonnes of old records/files. The Division has also implemented a Software for record keeping, issuing and weeding out. This Software is developed with VB as front end and MS Access as back end upgradable to Oracle. Any file/record in DRM office can now be fetched in 30 seconds. Housekeeping has tremendously improved not only for filing but also in other areas like, toilets, parking, gardens, notice boards, homes, hospital, etc. Visual Standards in different areas have been innovated by Team Guntakal to ensure that, "Everything has a place and Everything is in its place." Shri D P Pande, General Manager, South Central Railway expressed happiness on the achievement of Guntakal Division and congratulated Shri T P Singh, Divisional Railway Manager, Guntakal Division and his team of Officers for their remarkable work. (K.Sambasiva Rao) Chief Public Relations Officer