Production problems solution of a shoe manufacturing company in Leon Guanajuato, México
Abstract
The objective of this case study is to identify solutions to problems through scientific procedures presented in a production company focused on the manufacture of shoe soles, located in Leon Guanajuato, Mexico, through the diagnosis and use of some of the engineering techniques methods, standards, job design and work simplification. The Ishikawa diagram and Pareto chart were used to identify and analyze the possible root causes of negative effects affecting the company production. Subsequently, the necessary data were obtained for this study using flow and operation diagrams. In the next stage, production lines were balanced and workloads were adjusted.
The main results of this study were to be able to identify specific solutions to increase business productivity by implementing some changes in the working methods and the use of appropriate tools. An increase of 56% was achieved in productivity in a workstation. Therefore, it is concluded that with proper implementation and monitoring of this proposal, productivity and efficiency in this footwear company can be improved.
References
Afanador, C., & Ramos, C. (2013). PCA: Una nueva técnica de investigación de operaciones. México, Tesis de Licenciatura no publicada, Universidad de Guadalajara.
Cervantes, A., & De La Garza, M. (2014). Prioridades y capacidades competitivas en organizaciones de manufactura de calzado en León, Guanajuato, México. Tópicos Selectos de Recursos, pp.103.
Chapman, S. N. (2006). Planificación y control de la producción. México: Pearson Educación.
Di Orio, G., Cândido, G., Barata, J., Scholze, S., Kotte, O., & Stokic, D. (2013). Self-Learning Production Systems (SLPS) - Optimization of manufacturing process parameters for the shoe industry. In IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN) (pp. 386–391). doi:10.1109/INDIN.2013.6622915
Ferrer, J., Riquelme, M. E., Segarra, V., Galiana, M. V., & Navarro, S. (2012). Titanium-Tanned leather. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Systems, ICAMS 2012 (pp. 543–547).
Gunasekaran, A., & Singh, D. (1999). Design of activity-based costing in a small company: a case study. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 37(1), 413–416.
Ishikawa, K. (1997). Qué es el control total de calidad: la modalidad japonesa. Colombia: Editorial Norma.
Niebel, B. W., & Freivalds, A. (2004). Ingeniería industrial (11th ed.). México: Alfaomega.
Niebel, B. W., Freivalds, A., & Niebel, B. W. (1999). Methods, standards, and work design. Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill
Ortiz, A., & Martínez, A. (2000). Factores de competitividad, situación nacional y cadena productiva de la industria del calzado en León, Guanajuato. Economía, Sociedad y Territorio, 2(7), 533–568.
Shingo, S. (1988). Non-stock production: The Shingo system of continuous improvement. United States of America: Productivity Press.
Shingo, S. (1989). A study of the Toyota production system: From an Industrial Engineering Viewpoint. United States of America: Productivity Press.
Sommerville, I., & Ransom, J. (2005). An empirical study of industrial requirements engineering process assessment and improvement. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 14(1), 85–117.
Downloads
