Incremento de la productividad en el área de producción de la empresa Mundiplast mediante un sistema de producción esbelto Lean Manufacturing.

Abstract

The waste generated in 2016 in the production area in the company Mundiplast S.A. indicate that there is up to 33.66% of raw material that is not used efficiently. The main causes of waste and the areas where they were most generated were identified, and then LEAN tools were selected that would contribute to improving processes and reducing waste. The LEAN system began with the implementation of 5S, which in its evaluation increased from 28.80% to 85.60% compliance. SMED, applied to the equipment, contributed to reduce the start-up time of the machinery and giving the opportunity to manufacture smaller batches. The Total Productive Maintenance was worked in conjunction with those in charge of operating the equipment. The Global Efficiency of the Equipment (OEE) index was used as an indicator, providing information on the amount of product generated, the time invested and the efficiency of the use of raw materials, allowed to know the time to stop and the effective time of work, information which was used to calculate the costs of the raw material waste as well as the time of the operators in percentages ranging from 3.98% savings to 10.69% in business profit.