Propuesta de Optimización de un Centro de Trabajo crítico de una empresa de producción textil, ubicada en la ciudad de Quito usando la Teoría de Restricciones.

Abstract

This research project focused on the application of the well-known Theory of Constraints (TOC) in the textile company "ABC", located in Quito - Ecuador; for which, it was required the identification of the textile production process, study of time and capacity and performance indicators. The main objective of the research is to optimize the production of “basic clothing” in the company "ABC" by the application of TOC methodology; wherein, once the initial situation of the system was analyzed, the steps of TOC were completed with the support of Lean Manufacturing tools (identify the constraint, exploit its capacity, subordinate the entire system, raise its performance and repeat the cycle) and, it ended with an improvement proposal to reduce the constraint found. Additionally, to evaluate the proposed improvement strategies, the FlexSim simulation software was used to compare the improvement scenarios with the initial ideal scenario. It is important to emphasize that the implementation of the improvement proposal is beyond the scope of this research; so, the performance improvements are analyzed in the simulation scenarios. The structure of this research project is divided in three chapters: Description of the study (Objectives, scope and theoretical framework); Methodology (Technical description of the research, collection and analysis of data); and Results (Description and characterization of the production system, application of TOC, conclusions and recommendations). The document ends with research references and Annexes to complement the information of the research project.