REDESIGN OF THE MANUFACTURING PLANT "EL CEBÚ LTDA." TROUGH PROCESS ORIENTED LAYOUT
Keywords:
Layout, Distribution by process, production, material handling costsAbstract
The proper distribution of departments in plants, both products and services, are key
decisions that allow organizations to determine the long-term efficiency of operations, in addition
to establishing competitive parameters in terms of capacity, processes, flexibility and costs,
without neglecting advantages such as quality of life at work, customer contact and image,
Tompkins, & White (2013). The purpose of the project is to develop an economic layout that
satisfies the company's competitive requirements, making the most of the spaces, equipment and
people it has; to improve the flow of information, materials and people, as well as the safety of
the working conditions of the collaborators and the interaction with the client; this allows the
company to adapt to future changes that may arise in terms of new products, new processes, new
machinery and equipment, new technologies, new materials, among others.
This document presents a proposal for redesigning the distribution of the plant, based on the
material handling costs currently handled by the company, with the objective of minimizing such
costs and maximizing the resources used in the manufacture of electric fences, in El Cebu LTDA,
through the implementation of a Layout oriented to the process.
