Metodología KAIZEN aplicada como herramienta de mejora continua en los procesos de la fabricación de muebles arte y diseño.

Abstract

The present research project aims at developing a plan to improve both productivity and resources optimization of the Arte & Diseño factory. This research project has allowed the researcher to analyze daily activities inside the aforementioned facilities and the problems that this company has been facing such as: material waste, disorganization, downtime in production, and product delivery delays which generates lost revenue. According to all the data collected by means of observation sheets, it was possible to gather key information that will help the company to generate a production and economic improvement. Therefore, the 5 S’s methodology, a tool for continuous improvement which is also known as (KAIZEN) will be used. This methodology will be of the great help to carry out improvement activities upon work areas such as evaluation on downtime in production, resources optimization, and solution to company problems. The 5 S’s consists in the development of 5 pillars, for instance, (Classifying, ordering, cleaning, standardization, and discipline) therefore, it is pretended to design a strategic planning stablishing priorities that fully benefit the organization. Furthermore, with the implementation of the 5 S’s, it will be possible to count on a maintenance and discipline from the employees, hence, creating a healthy, clean, hygienic, pleasant, and safe work environment. Finally, with this implementation, it is hoped that both company problems and material waste generated within the facilities decrease in an efficient manner which will achieve all the objectives that the factory Arte & Diseño initially proposed, hence, obtaining positive results.