Methodology to increase productivity in a production process in a textile company by means of 5S and Standard Work.

Authors

Ortiz Vigo, Juan Manuel

Aguilar Advincula, Elizabeth

Rojas Garcia, Jose Antonio

Torres Sifuentes, Carlos

Raymundo Ibañez, Carlos Arturo

Abstract

At present, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are a fundamental component of business development in Latin America, due to the large share of these companies in the national GDP. Despite the fact that SMEs in the textile sector have grown exponentially by taking advantage of opportunities, they currently have low productivity. This problem arises due to the lack of knowledge and mastery of tools that help, to a greater extent, to optimize processes, reduce time, and achieve competitive objectives. To overcome these deficiencies, the main objective is to include the standardization of processes to satisfy the continuous flow in the sector based on an improvement model using 5S and Standard Work. This model shows that the tools help to restructure the current processes and create an optimal process, facilitating an increase in productivity. Finally, the application of this model shows the results obtained by implementing the proposal in the textile industry.