Aplicación de la herramienta single minute exchange of die (SMED) en el proceso de extrusión de la planta de preparación de la empresa Continental Tire Andina S. A.

Abstract

In the actuality every manufacturing factory in the world are in constantly change, companies need to beincreasingly flexibleand mustadapt moreeasily and quicklyto these changes, companies are not able toachievethis, they areendangeredbecause with the passageofthe yearshas become a priorityto develop new technologies, new management techniques, new ways and work strategiesthat yieldsustainable competitive advantagethat allows them tostand aboveyour competitors.

CONTINETAL TIRE S.A. isa company oflong historyin the industrial sectorofthe city of Cuenca, which has had toevaluate variousstrategies for stayingcurrentwithin thenational and international marketdue tothe current situationthat existsglobally intheeconomically,like manyother enterprisesof various kinds, which haveseen the needto changetheir market,because of thisis that the companyisobligedto seeknew waysofworkingthat will improveproduction processes, reduce costs, in order to get the bestprofit margin inthe scenario thatis being lived.

The enterprise seeks to applythetoolsof Lean ManufacturingorLean ManufacturingcalledSMED(SingleMinutesExchangedofdies), particularly in the extractionofcommonground.

The goal is toreducetool changetime, (Channel) oftheextruderat a timeto increase production, reduce operating times, performthework moreeasily andorderly, that is, to achievethe benefitsobtained by applyingthe toolsof the new philosophyimplemented bythe Japanese.

Time studywasconducted, currentanalysistools, operators andstudymovementsof the job. Improvementsareproposedbased onSMEDtool, andstaffwas trainedon the newprocess of change inextruder machine, lifting time informationexchange, which evidenceda decrease in timeby about 50%, so achievedthe stated objective.