LAPSE:2019.1235
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LAPSE:2019.1235
Implementation of Production Process Standardization—A Case Study of a Publishing Company from the SMEs Sector
Arturo Realyvásquez-Vargas, Francisco Javier Flor-Moltalvo, Julio Blanco-Fernández, Joanna Denisse Sandoval-Quintanilla, Emilio Jiménez-Macías, Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz
December 3, 2019
This paper reports a case study using a standardization process for increasing efficiency and a better optimization of resources in a printing company with 150 operators having manual and mechanical tasks in the box assembly department along with four production lines. The current capacity is 350 boxes per day, while the demand is 650 units, where the company is expected to pay large sums for overtime. Using work standardization, studying worker movements, timing, and workstations redesign, the main goal was to increase the efficiency and productivity indexes. After applying those tools, the inefficient movements in operators decreased from 230 to 78, eliminating 66% of the unnecessary movements, as well as the standard time in a workstation decreased from 244 to 199 s (18.44%) per each assembled box, and the production rate increased by 63.2%, that is, 229 units per assembly line a day, where overtime was reduced to zero.
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inefficient movements, line balancing, optimization of productivity, work standardization, workstations redesign
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Realyvásquez-Vargas A, Flor-Moltalvo FJ, Blanco-Fernández J, Sandoval-Quintanilla JD, Jiménez-Macías E, García-Alcaraz JL. Implementation of Production Process Standardization—A Case Study of a Publishing Company from the SMEs Sector. (2019). LAPSE:2019.1235
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Realyvásquez-Vargas A: Department of Industrial Engineering, Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana, Calzada del Tecnológico S/N, Tijuana 22414, Baja California, Mexico [ORCID]
Flor-Moltalvo FJ: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of La Rioja, Edificio Departamental-C/San José de Calasanz, 31. 26004 Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
Blanco-Fernández J: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of La Rioja. Edificio Departamental-C/San José de Calasanz, 31. 26004 Logroño, La Rioja, Spain [ORCID]
Sandoval-Quintanilla JD: Department of Industrial Engineering, Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana, Calzada del Tecnológico S/N, Tijuana 22414, Baja California, Mexico
Jiménez-Macías E: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of La Rioja, Edificio Departamental-C/San José de Calasanz, 31. 26004 Logroño, La Rioja, Spain [ORCID]
García-Alcaraz JL: Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Ave. del Charro 450 Norte. Col. Partido Romero, Ciudad Juárez 32310, Chihuahua, Mexico [ORCID]
Journal Name
Processes
Volume
7
Issue
10
Article Number
E646
Year
2019
Publication Date
2019-09-21
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2227-9717
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