Cloverleaf Model for Efficiency Improvement Through the Application of Lean Tools in a Metalworking SMEs (#1583)
Read ArticleDate of Conference
July 17-19, 2024
Published In
"Sustainable Engineering for a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Future at the Service of Education, Research, and Industry for a Society 5.0."
Location of Conference
Costa Rica
Authors
Contreras, Valerie
Cortavarria, Mauricio
Leon, Claudia
Alvarez, José C.
Lepore, Robert G.
Abstract
There are several factors affecting the metalworking sector: elongated waiting times, late deliveries and low quality of end products. All these variables tend to cause low efficiency in production, which generates delays in the delivery of orders and penalties for failure to meet delivery dates. To understand this problem, order records are reviewed, a time study is carried out to know the duration of each process, a cause-effect diagram is drawn up and the Pareto principle is applied by performing an 80/20 analysis of the root causes. Therefore, the model generates a contribution in the expansion of the knowledge of the application of Lean Tools as Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Kanban, Poka-Yoke, Line Balancing (LB) and Systematic Layout Planning (SLP) within medium-sized companies.