Mejoramiento del proceso productivo en la empresa el Placer S.A. ubicada en el cantón Píllaro en base al desarrollo de la metodología 5´S y VSM, herramientas de Lean Manufacturing.

Abstract

The aim of this thesis is to improve the production process of the company “El Placer S A.”, located in Píllaro Cantón, to accomplish this objective, the development of 5´S and VSM methodologies, and Lean Manufacturing tools were taken into account. The currently improved situation of the process was evaluated by means of the application of a Value Stream Map to identify the factors that affect the productivity of the company and the opportunities of improvement in order to mitigate these factors. A plan of action of 5´S was elaborated by means of the analysis of the factors that influence the productivity of the company and, as a result, the improvement achieved was evaluated. Techniques of method and times engineering were implemented for the elaboration of process diagrams, as well as tools of Lean Manufacturing: VSM, 5´S and Visual Control. Besides, CAD (Computer Assisted Drawing) tools were used to carry out the VSM and the design of Flow Charts. Due to this implementation the percentages of accomplishment Seiri, Seiton, Seiso, Seiketsu and Shitsuke were raised from a 38 % (inefficient) to an 80% (efficient) including an increase in productivity from 216 to 326 chickens per hour. Moreover, 2352.00 dollers were reduced from the monthly production cost. In conclusion, the following factors were mitigated: unclean appcarance of the plant, machines facilities, tools etc; busy aisles, disorder, scattered tools and drawers. Adding to this, inappropriate use of personal protection equipment; employee’s neglect of their working area, plus unnecessary movement of tools, materials and personnel. Also, the lack of warehouses and signals in the working areas. Finally, it is recommended to apply periodical audits in order to guarantee an ongoing improvement of the production process by means of the execution of the tools implemented.