Reducción de tiempos de espera en el cambio de modelo mediante la aplicación de la herramienta SMED, un caso de estudio

Abstract

In the management of the production, SMED (acronym of Single-Minute Exchange of Die) derived from the Lean Manufacturing methodology can be interpreted as a philosophy of work born in Toyota, its application is based on the elimination of waste in a sustainable way over time, allowing improve the productivity. This research presents the application of the SMED methodology in a company specialized in the production of honeycomb type packaging, where the main problem is in the line of CHS, this produces the main component of the product, however, the delay time is up to 71 minutes per model change, adjustment of the machine and then the start, reflecting in 1500 pounds of delayed product, being affected in customer response times, generating overtime and not meeting the daily production goals. The objective of this research is to reduce the time of preparation and assembly of the tooling according to the requested changes, through the application of SMED a flexible production system will be obtained that allows responding to the constant changes in the market, reduction of delivery times and increase in production capacity.