Estudio de tiempos y movimientos para la mejora de la productividad del área de post cosecha en la empresa Rosas del Corazón–Finca Dos,

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to develop a time and motion study for productivity improvement in post-harvest area in Rosas del Corazón-Finca Dos company through the collection of information for current situation of company analysis and the post-harvest operating processes in bouquets elaboration. The first stage corresponded mainly to the collection of company data; which was developed through techniques application such as observation, interview and critical analysis of the data collected; In turn, among the activities that were contemplated in this stage, there was the description of productive process and identification of the study elements. For the fulfillment of second stage, quantitative data were processed and analyzed through calculation tools. Consequently, parameters such as performance index, supplements, cycle time, standard time and production capacity were evaluated for each of the processes, identifying the bottleneck. Consequently, the packing process is the process that currently sets the pace of work with a theoretical production capacity of 6017 stems during the working day; and, the standard time to process a batch (300 stems) is 251.82 minutes The third stage focused on a proposal development based on recommendations of the International Labor Organization and the efficient use of posts and stations within the postharvest physical area, reducing times, movements and eliminating the bottleneck in the harvesting process. post-harvest, obtaining a new theoretical capacity of 7,224 stems without requiring a large investment. The results obtained were analyzed considering the current process and the improvement proposal proposed in this research project; Finally, the behavior and flow of process, its inputs and outputs were analyzed through the FlexSim software.