Scheduling Operations and SMED: Complementary Ways to Improve Productivity

Model based on the Lean Manufacturing methodology to increase the OTIF of a MYPE company in the textile sector

“…Likewise, the problem of programming and adaptation in the machinery for each type of batch to produce, depend on the sequence, that is, the configuration time depends on the sequence of tasks / batches in the machine [13] [14]. Given the current trends in industrial manufacturing and requirements such as high variability, customization and reduction of product life cycles, organizations seek to implement new SMED methodologies to adapt and respond with greater flexibility to the new demands of global markets [15]. On the other hand, during external activities, the rest of the internal activities are simplified, thus standardizing the activities to carry out the elimination of unnecessary operations, as well as downtime or waste of other resources.…”

“…Therefore, considering the financial aspects, companies can save costs for each change. In the same way, the implementation of the production SMED for the process of changing activities, obtains considerable savings in time and significant savings in material, increasing the availability of production time and the production capacity of the machines and the increase in production capacity can be quantified through the additional income generated by the sale, imposing significant economic savings [14] [15].…”