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Lean Manufacturing application in textile industry

Abstract:

The main objective of this research is to raise a proposal for the application of Lean Manufacturing tools for the reduction of waste in the textile industry. This paper presents of seeking the theoretical foundation of the philosophy of Lean Manufacturing, followed by a diagnosis was developed in a textile company where the main problem of 31% of non-fulfillment of orders is established, reaching measurements of activities that add value and does not add value, getting to elaborate the current Value Stream Mapping of the situation this company. Finally, the prioritization of the tools with criteria of cost, time, feasibility of the implementation, achieving definition of the proposal of 5S's and Manufacturing Cells. The 5S's Lean Manufacturing Tool, will reduce waste or activities that do not add value to the product. This implies that the cycle time of the cutting process decreases from 4'04" to 3'50", stamping, of 4'24" at 4'16" and packing from 2'40" to 2'36" to himself, the work environment will be improved, from 46% to 87%. By implementing the Manufacturing Cells in the manufacturing process, the cycle time will reduce from 8'28'' /pajamas to 4'55''/pajamas, this implies that the production capacity of the process will increase from 1.080 pajamas for month to 1.964 monthly pajamas, exceeding the customer demand with 23% which will reduce the order failure from 31% to 0%. This will allow the company to fully comply with the 1,589 monthly pajamas demanded by the customer.