Management model to improve the dispatch compliance of a textile SME using Lean Manufacturing, Systematic Layout Planning and Digital Transformation methodologies in the era of nearshoring

Abstract

The manufacturing sector is one of the main engines of the Peruvian economy, and within this sector is the textile sector, which contributes 2% to the national GDP. This sector has been growing in recent years and during the first Nine months of 2022 generated a growth of 24% compared to the same period of the previous year; However, despite its growth, this sector is made up mostly of SMEs, which constitute 96.2% of the total number of companies and whose informality is around 80%. Additionally, this type of company has a scarce culture of innovation and financing problems, which makes it difficult to take advantage of the advantages that nearshoring is generating by generating the opportunity to increase sales in the short term by displacing the main producers in Asia who supplied the North American market with closer suppliers, among them which is located in Peru, which is recognized for the quality of its textiles, therefore, the objective of this research is to contribute to the innovation of the order preparation processes of a textile company with the objective of increasing productivity and profitability. of this type of companies through the application of Lean Manufacturing, Systemactic Layout Planning and Digital Transformation methodologies..