Redistribución física de la planta de Foamy EVA en la Empresa Plasticaucho Industrial S. A.

Abstract

ABSTRACT This investigation has a proposal for the physical redistribution of the Foamy Eva plant in the company Plasticaucho Industrial S.A; proposal that achieves a flexible flow installation improving the productivity of the process. The project considers the stages of: identification of the most representative products, analysis of current process conditions, application of plant distribution techniques, validation and verification simulating with the software in FlexSim 2019. Products are classified into two groups according to the process, to identify the most demanded of each group. Using the SLP method, physical redistribution alternatives are generated, of which the second is selected with the help of the distance load method. In addition, for several selected areas alternatives are chosen for a flexible flow distribution with material transport systems, thus achieving the beginning of a semi-automated process. The proposal is validated by simulating the manufacture of each product, in the current and proposed situation; and a comparison of them. Where an increase in weekly productivity is achieved of up to 200.64 units in the first group of products and 155.04 units in the second group of products, representing 3.41 percent and 5.79 percent, respectively. It is estimated that the increase in productivity would generate a profit of $ 4,097.43 per year and the investment for the implementation of the proposal would be recovered in 60 months and 11 days.