Incremento de la productividad en empresas de manufactura, mediante la optimización de procesos con modelos y simulación por computadora. caso práctico aplicado a la empresa afrodisiak : “optimizar el flujo de materiales, procesos e información”.

Abstract

In this research work, the optimal Layout of the chocolate production plant for the company AFRODISIAK, located in the city of Quito, is analyzed and proposed through the implementation of the Systematic Layout Planning (S.L.P.) methodology and the SIMUL8 software. In the simulation of the different scenarios, the dynamics and optimization of the system's flows are shown, pointing to an increase in the company's productivity. Currently, the inappropriate distribution that AFRODISAK has of the different areas of the plant generate unnecessary movements, distances, costs and times that produce delays in the total production time. Based on this, the project began with a diagnosis and identification of the main variables, their relationships and actors present in the production area, having a clear scenario of the distribution of operations of human and physical resources, the same ones that were considered to propose the optimization of the flow of materials, processes and information through the redistribution of its plant, taking into account the operations from the storage of the raw material to obtaining the 100% cocoa and 70% cocoa chocolate packaged and stored. Finally, 4 viable alternatives were found for the redistribution of the plant, proceeding to analyze and evaluate them in quantitative and qualitative criteria for the selection of the best distribution that increases productivity and optimizes the flows of the productive system. Alternative 4 was the best option that was coupled to the selected critical success factors, increasing productivity by 13.46%.