Mejoramiento de los procesos logísticos internos mediante herramientas Lean Manufacturing para incrementar la eficiencia operativa de la Corporación de Productores y Comercializadores Orgánicos Bio Taita Chimborazo, período 2022.

Abstract

The present research work aimed at improving internal logistics processes through the Lean Manufacturing tools to increase the operational efficiency of the Bio Taita Chimborazo Organic Producers and Commercializers Corporation; for its development it has been necessary to apply observation sheets in each of the processes, integrating activities and respective times. Subsequently, the production process of quinoa flour, the route diagram, and the design of the Value Stream Mapping (VSM) of the current situation were represented. This allowed us to identify that the activities that provide value are represented by 66.57%, while the 33.43% represent activities that do not add value. These tasks are considered necessary activities, but with a certain time delay; it is necessary to mention that a total production time of 1038 minutes was obtained. There are 7 out of 11 processes containing delay in some activities; the processes that are executed efficiently and do not contain difficulty in time correspond to: reception, scarification, washing, centrifugation, classification, roasting, and molten. After analyzing all the information collected by the Bio Taita Chimborazo Organic Producers and Commercializers Corporation, it was determined that much of the internal logistics process must incorporate transport tools to reduce delays. In addition, it is necessary to create a culture of order and cleanliness that reduces wait times in certain areas. To solve the inconveniences in each of the internal logistics processes, it was necessary to apply two Lean Manufacturing tools: the first corresponds to Value Stream mapping, and the second is the "5s" methodology. With the application of the tools, it was possible to improve the inconvenience in terms of order and cleaning by obtaining an increase in operational efficiency of 16.86%.