Six Sigma Project On Printing Machine
Six Sigma Project On Printing Machine
Six Sigma Project On Printing Machine
PRESENTATION ON
“PAPER WASTAGE REDUCTION IN WEB OFFSET
PRINTING”
OF
Conducted at
CHENNAI
Submitted by:
* *HISTORY
3. It was chosen by UNICEF as a critical partner in the publication of the ‘Meena’ books – a
venture of high social impact aiming at empowering the underprivileged girl child.
4. It associates with premier institutes like IIM Calcutta, MDI Gurgaon, IIT Delhi and IIFT
Delhi.
* *MARKET
1. It is probable that almost every child in India who has studied in a public
school in the last 100 years or so has studied from some Macmillan book.
2. Shiv Khera's ‘You Can Win’, ‘Living with Honour’ and ‘Freedom is not
Free’ – having sold more than a million copies.
• The company is facing a high paper wastages in Reel Printing or web offset
printing.
• We can take this as our opportunity and will work on it to reduce the paper
wastages and to improve the business performance and profitability.
REEL PRINTING
Machine – Web king Two
Colour Perfector
Supplier –
Perfect Rotary Offset (P)
Ltd.
B-100, Sector – 2,
Noida-201301
START
PROCESS
Filling ink
FLOW MAP OF Feeling Water
Loading reel
Start
printing
1st colour
printing
2nd colour
1st fold
2nd fold
cutting
Last fold
END
CONSUMABLE ITEMS FOR
WEBKING OFFSET PRINTING
Paper – Dy or Cr
Chemicals
PS Plate
Knife
Rope
MEASURE PHASE - OBJECTIVE
If the upper part of a reel is not suitable for printing than it is called as Reel MAT
Wastages.
Why wastages?
If only few amount of paper is there on reel and one job is finished, than it
cannot be used for printing. Because it will require stoppage of machine
one more time when the reel completes and new reel is to be loaded.
Last part of the reel is left because at last the quality is not that much good
for printing.
Cost of Blank Paper – Rs. 45 per Kg + Rs. 5 per kg for storage, handling,
inspection etc. = Rs. 50 per kg
Total wastage as Reel MAT and Reel End = 107kg + 14Kg = 121 kg
Now, we can see that per day approximately the company is loosing Rs.
15895.
So, for one month it is loosing around Rs. 15895*30 = Rs. 4,76,850.
And for one year the loss may be amounted to Rs. 57,22,200 (apprx.).
ANALYZE PHASE - OBJECTIVE
Finding all the possible causes of the problem.
Finding among causes which causes can be controlled and which cannot be
controlled.
PROBLEM
High Paper wastage in Reel Printing
CAUSES
The causes of the problem have been divided into four major heads.
1. Manpower
2. Machine
3. Method
4. Material
Various sub causes have been found out under each major head.
A fish Bone diagram has been prepared which shows the various causes of the
problem
FISH BONE (CAUSE & EFFECT) DIAGRAM FOR PAPER WASTAGE IN REEL
PRINTING
. MACHINE MANPOWER
Over compliance
Less care while handling reel
Incorrect setting of due to negligence
Ink rollers drive
motor Ink spills on paper Lack of training on settings of m/c
Slow response
Incorrect Speed to m/c problem
Frequent stoppage of
Less Co-ordination among employees
m/c Carelessness while
Leakage of Ink
changing plate
Registration
Improper loading of reel into
Problem
Lack of Training on the machine
folding & inspection
Lack of regular
checking
Paper Wastage in
Reel Printing
Short run job Frequent Improper registration from
change in m/c one reel to another
Less diameter reel for
No full use of a reel setting
single long run job
Low initial setup Hard loading floor More than one joint per
area reel
More than one job per reel
Manual method Improper method of unloading
of testing form Waving in paper
Rigid working hour
Less care in transportation
Improper method
Incorrect handling Low reel surface
of transferring
while loading into quality
Low packing quality
the m/c
Plate change in Low grade winding Improper storage
between the Manual folding quality
current reel problem Fluff on paper
METHOD MATERIALS
MULTI VOTING
By multi voting technique we found out the
following most important causes of the paper
wastage in reel printing.
In this stage we will find out the ways to improve on the main
causes of paper wastage in reel printing.
Single job i.e. one type of form should be printed with one reel.
Required amount of reel should be used for the required amount
of printing.
Order for larger volume of book should be taken.
Solutions for Less care in Transportation
Instruction should be given to the transportation company for
proper handling of the reel.
Reels should be covered properly.
Proper care should given while loading from factory.
These should be properly tied.
Solutions for Less diameter reel for long run job
For long run job reel of big diameter i.e. more weighted reel
should be used.
Training should be given to workers on how much paper should
be used for printing a particular number of forms.
Big diameter reel must be kept available for long run job.
Solutions for Less care in Handling
With long run job with big diameter wastage in the form of Reel
MAT in new reel can be minimized.
Quality ink must be used to so that it does not damage the paper.
If one job is carried out in one reel, the wastage due to changing
of plate and reel end wastages can be reduced.
Contd…..
Edge protector will save the reel to be cut from side and thus will
save reel mat wastage.
Reel MAT wastages, printing wastages and reel end wastages can
be reduced considerably.
SEISO (SHINE)
Cleaning is done of the area nearby to the machine. Dusts are
taken out.
SEIKETSU (STANDARDIZE)
Standard is set that the things must be kept at their respective
place, regular cleaning should be done.
SHITSUKE (SUSTAIN)
Instructions are given to maintain the standard.
Kanban initiatives
A sticker is used to mark the next reel to be used for printing.
Two dustbin were used so that when one is full other can be used
to throw out the dusts till the other one is empty.
This can increase the profit of the organization. And as such it will
increase the stakeholders value.
Customer value will also increase as they will get good quality book at
required time.