Optimización de la producción en la elaboración de alimento balanceado aplicando la ingeniería de métodos en la Empresa Agropecuaria BRILOOR S.A de Portoviejo

Abstract

The purpose of this technical project was to optimize the production of balanced feed by applying methods engineering in the company AGROPECUARIA BRILOOR S.A in Portoviejo. The research was carried out through the analysis of the current situation of the production process and the collection of information through an interview with the production manager about the review of historical data and process mapping, and later to make diagrams such as: flow charts, operations and route diagrams. On the one hand, methods engineering was applied through the measurement of work and the study of methods. On the other hand, the measurement of the work was carried out by means of continuous timing, where a standard time of 78.47 min/batch, a labor productivity of 30 qq/hour and a productive capacity of 12 batches/day were determined. In order to find opportunities for improvement and develop the proposed working method, a critical analysis was applied to the current working method through systematic interrogation, which allowed to articulate improvements such as: elimination of unproductive times, optimization of the working method, standardization of the process, increase of productivity and capacity. Finally, the preliminary implementation of the new working method was carried out, with which the total time for a production batch of 20 quintals of “Engorde B” was reduced from 78.47 min to 59.59 min, decreasing by 24.06% per batch; at the same time, productivity increased from 30 qq/hour to 50.83 qq/hour and production capacity increased from 12 batches/day to 20 batches/day, this means that, the optimization of feed production and the acceptance of the company to implement the proposed method were achieved. It is recommended that at least two audits per year be carried out to verify compliance with the standards established with the new work method.