Estudio de tiempos y movimientos para el mejoramiento de los procesos productivos en el área de post cosecha de la empresa florícola Flores La Unión

Abstract

The purpose of this research work was to propose a proposal for improvement in the production process within the post-harvest area of the flower company FLORES LA UNIÓN, a proposal that considers; First, to propose an efficient work method, with a technical investigation, consequently with its correct implementation, it was possible to increase the productive capacity within the facilities. For the research work, three stages were considered: the collection of information on the current production process, the approach of a proposal for improvement in said process and finally the validation of the improvements with a simulation within the production environment. Most of the sales made by the company Flores la Unión are carnations to the country Russia, through an ABC analysis it was determined that the product with the highest commercialization is the select red carnation, the present study of times and movements focused on the production of said product, through the study carried out, it was determined that the productive capacity of the company is 166 Qb boxes of select red carnations per day, which is equivalent to 2656 bunches of carnations per day and 66400 carnation stems. When the post-harvest was installed, there was no previous work study, currently there are delays when meeting the flower demand, at the end of the work day, there are boxes left to pack, which has as a consequence expenses for the company such such as paying overtime, to improve the productive capacity, it was suggested to acquire a new stretcher machine and hire new personnel for the immersion area, for which a simulation was carried out in the Flexsim software to validate the proposals, with the results obtained an improvement is observed In the process, the production capacity went from 166 Qb boxes per day to a total of 234 Qb boxes, that is, 68 additional Qb boxes of carnations are packed within a work day, there is an improvement of 42,767%, with which corroborates that the proposed improvements are effective, covering a part of the excess demand for existing carnations.