Propuesta de mejoramiento para el proceso de sellado de tabletería en la Central de Adecuación de Medicamentos de la Empresa Audifarma S.A. mediante la filosofía de Lean Manufacturing

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to make an improvement proposal for the Medication adequacy Center of Audifarma S.A., a company dedicated to the wholesale and retail trade of pharmaceutical products, providing a broad portfolio of services, included adequacy and dispensing of different medicines. The IPS and the hospitals its main clients. Currently, in the package area located in Bogotá, shortcomings, waste and reprocessing were identified that did not allow a continuous flow in production, especially in the process of sealing the tablets, since the machines used for this work did not generate the expected performance. In addition to other factors such as lack of training, preventive maintenance, staff turnover and the reduced space that made work more complex, therefore, as a result of this, it is proposed to make a proposal for improvement that benefits the area in general through Lean Manufacturing tools.