Lean Manufacturing y la aplicación de esta herramienta en empresas colombianas

Abstract

This work is a bibliographic review of articles, degree works, case studies related to topics of LEAN philosophy such as: JUST IN TIME, 5’S, KAIZEN, SISTEMAS SMED, KANBAN, among others. Implemented in Colombian companies. The academic file search engine SANTIAGO CADENA COPETE has been investigated in a search engine database with an observation window for the last 5 years. The review resulted in 20 case study articles, distributed as follows: 12 LEAN MANUFACTURING in Colombian companies, 8 SLIGHT MANUFACTURE in COLOMBIA The most relevant results found and that are present in this document are in the execution of the LEAN methodology, which allows reduce costs, obtain, progress, increase efficiency, raise production levels and increase profits in Colombian companies. To prepare this execution, one must be connected to engineering and different methods of studies from the Lean methodology that allow reducing and / or excluding figures of evolution, surplus in inventories, flaws, among others. In addition, in this bibliographic review, a case study was carried out in the Manitoba company in which different types of peanuts are produced, this company has been presenting cost overruns and residues in the transformation of products, specifically in the processing of fried peanuts and which A bibliographic review of the Lean Manufacturing methodology is proposed to solve this problem and in which information was extracted, to apply it in the solution of the company's problems, accompanied by a methodological guide that helped in the application of appropriate practices, with in order to achieve productive improvement using this type of tools.