El Lean Manufacturing como factor asociado a la reducción de tiempos en la producción y comercialización de leche en APROLEQ

Abstract

APROLEQ is an association dedicated to the collection and cooling of raw milk, it was created for more than 10 years and it is located in the canton Quero sector "La Dolorosa", uses local labor and takes advantage of the dairy production of the sector in order to productive activities. At present, the association has had several difficulties in the area of production and marketing, especially in the area of procurement, production and transportation, which has led to the generation of material and time wastes, which is why research has been carried out with a focus on Lean Manufacturing and Lead time to develop a proposal to counteract the problems of APROLEQ and to improve their forms and production times. The results obtained after the surveys carried out reflect disorganized supply, production and marketing systems, without a clear direction to guide employees to perform their work efficiently, in addition externally there is non-compliance and untimely delivery of the raw material freshly milked raw milk from suppliers. The improvement proposal is designed under the Lean Manufacturing methodology, making use of tools such as process description, grass flow, 5 "S", value maps, Layout design, Total Productive Maintenance, among others are shown in the proposal adapted to the operations of APROLEQ.