Propuesta de mejoramiento de procesos productivos mediante aplicación de herramientas de Lean Manufacturing en la empresa Pyme Creaciones Salma

Abstract

Creaciones Salma is a SME company dedicated to the manufacture and marketing of stuffed animals in different references and sizes, one of the most demanded products are lions and bears, it is currently located in the city of Bogotá in the Ciudad de Cali neighborhood. This project presents a proposal for product improvement using Lean Manufacturing tools, such as the 5's (classification, order, cleaning, standardization and discipline), being one of the most important methods to achieve the optimization of processes in the workplace job. Tool of the three changes (muda, mura and muri) not only to reduce waste, it also applies to optimize downtime, bottlenecks or excesses. Through a diagnosis in the survey of the processes, different inconveniences that the company has been presenting are found, such as excess waste specifically in the filling and cutting area, lack of organization, returns of defective products, in addition, an imbalance between supply and demand. The improvement proposal is made in order to increase productivity in the company Creaciones Salma, likewise, a financial evaluation of the implementation of a filling machine is carried out to obtain better productive and economic results taking into account the IRR (Internal Rate return).