Optimización del proceso y tiempos en la elaboración de bancas en la empresa Siderúrgica Tungurahua

Abstract

For this project, a time and process optimization’s proposal was made for a company called Siderúrgica Tungurahua S.A in Ambato city, In order to achieve this, a new metodology’s approach has been made and for starting, it has been stablished a current diagnosis of the situation and after analyzing it, the improvement proposal has been presented. First, an evaluation of all the activities that are made in the current process was needed so all the actions generated in the production area and their duration were registered, this helped to start the time’s study in which the real duration is known and later, a time standar could be determinated and it will be stablished as a referential duration for each process, by doing this the employees’ permormance will be assessed. After this, the new strategies which main goals are to change and remove the needless functions are stablished and these strategies looks for coding the equipment,machinary and raw materials that the company has in order to make it easier when they have to make an inventory. Finally, an activies’ standardization was stablished in which all employees will know their functions from the beginning to end and in this way delays will be prevented. This will be reached by showing the employees schematics, diagrams and flowcharts, which will help to modify the previous time registered and with all of this, all the goals stablished in this investigation will be achieved.