Propuesta de mejoramiento del proceso productivo mediante filosofía lean en una empresa productora de madera plástica

Abstract

This project is based on designing an improvement plan to increase the overall efficiency of the extrusion machine for a company that produces plastic wood pallets from first, second and third hand recycled plastic, in the city of Cali, Colombia. The problem that has been identified is a slow production process, due to the production bottleneck located in the extruder machine, this generates higher costs for the organization, as a greater workforce is necessary, therefore, hiring overtime. During the measurement and data analysis, it is distinguished that the company has shutdowns due to equipment breakdowns and for this, three types of solutions are determined with different investment levels to achieve the organizational objective, which is to increase the OEE of the machine and therefore improve the production time, in addition to other indirect factors such as the working conditions of the operators. In order to increase this indicator, different Lean Manufacturing tools are used that allow to obtain an improvement in the production line without affecting the economic factor in a substantial way. The use of simulation allows knowledge and control of the variables to be taken into account, in addition to allowing the work team flexibility when creating scenarios that lead to the conclusion of an improvement for the plant.