Title
Applying Lean Techniques to Reduce Defective Products: A Case Study of an Electrode Manufacturing Company
Date Issued
01 December 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
IEEE Computer Society
Abstract
The main problem facing an electrode manufacturer is the high rate of defective products. Among the factors that have given rise to the defects are downtimes due to line changes and disorganized workstations during production processes. To solve this problem, a proposal was developed using the 5S and Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) tools to reduce the number of production defects. To support this analysis, a simulation will be carried out, seeking a considerable reduction of defective products within the production area. Implementing the Lean manufacturing philosophy, the number of defective products was reduced by 11.23%, thereby improving the quality of the production process and yielding economic benefits.
Start page
541
End page
545
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería industrial
Sistemas de automatización, Sistemas de control
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85079648992
Source
IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
Resource of which it is part
IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
ISSN of the container
21573611
ISBN of the container
9781728138046
Conference
2019 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2019 Macao 15 December 2019 through 18 December 2019
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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