Title
Lean Manufacturing Production Management Model focused on Worker Empowerment aimed at increasing Production Efficiency in the textile sector
Date Issued
06 April 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Institute of Physics Publishing
Abstract
For companies operating within the garment manufacturing industry, having frequent downtimes in their production flows is an extremely common issue. In this context, a balanced production line is required to prevent high waiting times due to limited productive capacity. A well-balanced assembly line allows products to be produced in an optimum time while using less resources, such as machines, materials, or labour, since the right number of products is produced with the exact amount of resources, thus generating savings in production costs. This paper seeks to foster optimum resource allocation through the line balancing tool. Finally, to define a work methodology, best practices were selected, and a procedures manual was developed focusing on Standardization. Both tools were implemented after implementing changes to the company culture by means of the Employee Empowerment tool. As a result of this implementation, workers acquired greater accountability and control over the resources, methods, and equipment of their work areas. After the proposed improvements had been deployed, the company reported an increase of over 20% in production line quality, performance, and efficiency.
Volume
796
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería industrial
Informática y Ciencias de la Información
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85083221069
Source
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
ISSN of the container
17578981
Conference
9th Annual International Conference 2019 on Sciences and Engineering, AIC-SE 2019 Banda Aceh18 September 2019 through 20 September 2019
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus