Diagnóstico para la implementación de las herramientas Lean Manufacturing, desde la estrategia de operaciones en algunas empresas del sector textil confección de Colombia: reporte de caso

Abstract

La filosofía de Lean Manufacturing hace parte de las metodologías de mejoramiento continuo, que facilitan la gestión sistémica de las organizaciones. Teniendo esto en cuenta, se formula como propósito de este artículo presentar el diagnóstico realizado en torno a la implementación de las herramientas Lean Manufacturing desde la estrategia de operaciones, dando a conocer de esta manera los factores relevantes que intervienen en la implementación de las mismas, todo lo anterior a partir de los hallazgos de la investigación realizada en algunas empresas del sector textil confecciones de la sub-región del Valle de Aburrá, del departamento de Antioquia, en Colombia.Esta investigación tuvo un carácter mixto, enfocado en un estudio de caso, para el que se utilizó una muestra por conveniencia y un cuestionario de preguntas estructuradas, el cual permitió identificar las variables que favorecen la mejorar la productividad y rentabilidad de las empresas en el largo plazo.

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“…The obtained results on this research contribute empirical evidence to support previous claims of González Gaitán et al (2018) and León et al (2017), and provide a further understanding of how LM implementation positively impacts operational performance on Colombian industries. From Figure 34 it can be seen that most of the sample companies had medium, high, or superior management commitment levels towards lean manufacturing, which can be then considered as one of the contributing aspects of the positive results obtained in Figure 40.…”

“…Previous studies such as that of González Gaitán et al (2018) evidenced to a certain level (on a sample composed by textile industries from the Antioquia region in Colombia) that there is a sufficient level of commitment of managers to LM implementation in Colombian companies, and that they are also aware of the potential benefits on some operational measures (like quality and cost). However, conclusive empirical evidence of the manifestation of said benefits is not presented.…”

“…Therefore, the adoption of LM requires some level of adaptation in order to render it sustainable and useful to an organization, however, there is scarce evidence that such lean adaptations have been thoroughly studied in Colombian industry, and if the core principles of LM have been retained through the process. Instead, there is evidence pointing out that most of the early lean adopters in Colombia have done as a requirement from their customers, especially those working with automotive companies (Arrieta et al, 2011;Sanchez, 2017), or trough government founded initiatives (González Gaitán et al, 2018;León et al, 2017), which leads to a more constricted lean implementation. This approach seems to be consistent with the implementation of LM on other developing countries (Rajagopalan and Solaimani, 2019;Walter and Paladini, 2019), prompting authors such as Antony et al (2021) and Psomas (2021) to call for more country-related LM research in order to address the above mentioned issues.…”

“…Also, in industrial contexts, some terminology is often adapted in particular sectors which means that the literal translation of technical terms of lean manufacturing practices or performance related indicators is not necessarily understood as the same in a different country or industrial sector (Hyrkäs et al, 2003;Ketokivi and Schroeder, 2004;Machuca et al, 2011). Finally, some terminology (especially regarding lean manufacturing practices) is often widespread in its original language, as it is the case of Kaizen (almost universally understood as a continuous improvement practice), or SMED (single minute exchange of dies), which are terms commonly used in Spanish-speaking companies even by non-English-speaking persons (Arrieta et al, 2011;González Gaitán et al, 2018;León et al, 2017).…”

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“…The metalworking industry in Colombia consists mostly of SMEs. LM practices have been implemented in some industries, driven by customer requirements (mainly automotive companies) or government initiatives (González Gaitán et al ., 2018). However, the adaptation of LM to the Colombian context and the sustainability dimension has received limited research attention.…”