Análisis de la herramienta lean Manufacturing para la mejora continua de los procesos en la empresa Postobón S.A., planta agua cristal.

Abstract

Due to the great industrial growth in Colombia, a high level of competitiveness has been caused between companies in the same economic sector, since it is necessary to develop to meet consumer needs more and more efficiently, which leads companies to implement new tools to improve the capacity of the company reducing time, costs and waste in production. The objective of this analysis is to study the Lean Manufacturing tool at the Postobón crystal water plant company in the filling of a 19-liter bottle, seeking to optimize the process to increase productivity, eliminating factors that impede an efficient development of the production day. eliminating waste, increasing customer satisfaction as well as maintaining a profit margin. The development of the work includes identifying and conceptualizing different terms that facilitate the reader to have a greater understanding of the subject to be discussed that allows an effective and understandable reading, continuing with the background of this tool, its application in different companies at a national and international level who have managed to implement it, obtaining different benefits, a continuous improvement of their processes and consequently they have achieved great success, thus demonstrating the importance of the research topic. The methodology implemented in the document is based on bibliographic and documentary research, through information collected by theses, articles, projects, web pages, with thoughts and opinions of their own, with which it seeks to apply the selected philosophy.