| dc.description.abstract | The Lean philosophy constitutes, for many managers, the opportunity to guide their efforts towards the value creation approach for their clients and shareholders. For the organization under study, the benefits of migrating to a Lean system are transcendental, given its current situation, because of several factors, it became uncompetitive. For this reason, the organization gave space to The Indurama Management System which endeavors to make it a Lean Enterprise, its implementation is going to start with the work organization. The objective of this project is to present a design of flexible distributions, such as the manufacturing cells, for the Freezing of their Polyurethane section with the aim of improving its efficiency and productivity and preparing the process for the implementation of other Lean tools.
The project required an exploratory/descriptive type of research, since this area is one of the pilot sections to experience the methodology that will be used at the other sections. After the implementation, the results were the following: a reduction of 30% of the cost of direct labor was obtained, also a reduction of downtime by 75%, and an increase in value added to 92.81%. In terms of efficiency, the OEE presented a significant improvement - going from 58% to 85% and thus taking it to "world class" ranges. | |
