Mejoramiento de la productividad aplicando herramientas de manufactura esbelta en la Empresa Textil Andy Tex en la Ciudad de Ambato

Abstract

SUMMARY This research proposes an improvement by applying lean manufacturing tools in the textile company Andy Tex, focused on making women's underwear and bath suits for girls, men and women, in order to improve the company's productivity, to carry out A survey was carried out back instead of a survey, interview, analytical course, study of times and historical data, the current state of the bra-making line was identified, the value flow map determined the waste, and by means of the operation ratio the activities that do not add value to the product were determined With the wastes identified and through the analysis of lean manufacturing tools, several appropriate methodologies were selected to generate changes throughout the cotton-type bra manufacturing process, and thus improve the company's productivity by eliminating transportation, movements unnecessary delays and defects. The application of the 5's was proposed, where it would allow the reduction of unnecessary transport and movements, thus helping the operator to improve their work habits, the application of SMED optimization of activities that do not add value to the product within the process of making the bra, KAIZEN give ideas for continuous improvement to reduce downtime, and finally JIDOKA would reduce existing defects in the garments. Based on the proposed proposal, cycle times, unnecessary movements, defective products, minimization of activities that do not add value to the product would be reduced, therefore, they would help increase production capacity.