The application of Lean Manufacturing in any manufacturing sector aims to eliminate waste in the processes. In this sense, the metalworking industry in Peru, even though it has a very important role since it supplies raw materials to other sectors. This research aims to increase productivity in a metalworking company; After the diagnosis, the main causes of low productivity were found to be disorder in the production areas, the lack of standardization of processes and machine stops. The 5S was implemented to improve order and cleanliness, the TPM to increase the reliability and maintainability of the equipment, and the Standardized Work to standardize operations in the different processes. After the implementation, the following results were found: increase in productivity by 17.02%, decrease in waste from 46.57% to 39.79%, a decrease of 14.56%, decrease in defective products (47.06%), decrease in maintenance time from 129 minutes to 80 minutes.
Application of Lean Manufacturing to Increase Productivity in an MSE in the Metalworking Sector
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