Production management model to reduce late deliveries in a metal-mechanical SME using lean tools

• Autores: Orellana-Nuñez, Nicole, Puerta-Girón, Miguel, León-Chavarri, Claudia
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2022
• Institución: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas
• Repositorio: UPC-Institucional
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorioacademico.upc.edu.pe:10757/669219
• Enlace del recurso: https://doi.org/10.18687/LEIRD2022.1.1.133; http://hdl.handle.net/10757/669219
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Lean Manufacturing; Metal-mechanics; MTO; On-time delivery; SME; https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#2.11.04

The metal-mechanic industry is indispensable for the economic growth of a country since it generates capital goods for industrial sectors at a national and international level. Currently, metal-mechanic SMEs face different challenges to meet their customers' demand at the right time and with quality products. The article studies a medium-sized metal-mechanic company with an on-time delivery percentage of 66.94%, generating dissatisfaction in its customers and economic losses close to 50 thousand dollars. To solve the problem, a production management model is proposed exclusively for SMEs with MTO production systems that includes 4 Lean tools. To validate the model, a pilot program was chosen, and an adequate production rate was achieved to meet the required production demand, thus validating the efficiency of lean techniques to solve problems in a scenario of medium-sized manufacturing companies.