Aplicación de la metodología DMAIC en una línea de envasado de polvo detergente para la reducción del costo de producción.

Abstract

The reduction or elimination of waste of any kind within the manufacturing industry becomes a necessity for businesses to continue to be sustainable over time and generate development. This is how this research work aims to reduce all those wastes that do not add value to the product, and that increase the cost of production. To achieve this objective, the Lean Six Sigma DMAIC methodology was implemented in a detergent powder packaging line, making it possible to discover the problems that afflicted and made production more expensive. With quality tools such as Pareto Diagrams, Ishikawa Diagrams, application of 5S, Poka Yokes, SMED, training personnel, and standardizing processes, it was possible to reduce unproductive times, energy consumption was reduced by up to 20 %, the efficiency and availability of the machine increased by 10.98 %, 7.32 %, respectively. With this, the general performance of the line was also increased by 15.16%, which translates into significant monthly savings of USD 71,442.05. This saving made it possible to meet the general objective of reducing the cost of production through the implementation of the DMAIC methodology in the production line.