dc.contributor |
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Organització d'Empreses |
dc.contributor |
Olivella Nadal, Jordi |
dc.contributor.author |
Moleiro Naval, Pablo |
dc.date |
2008-09-30 |
dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2099.1/5585 |
dc.language.iso |
eng |
dc.publisher |
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya |
dc.rights |
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Spain |
dc.rights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
dc.rights |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/es/ |
dc.subject |
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Direcció d’operacions::Anàlisi de processos de negoci i de fabricació |
dc.subject |
Production planning |
dc.subject |
Process improvements |
dc.subject |
Lean production |
dc.subject |
Producció -- Organització |
dc.subject |
Producció -- Innovacions tecnològiques |
dc.title |
Process improvements in a material handling activity by applying lean production techniques |
dc.type |
info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
dc.description.abstract |
This Master Thesis is about one of the most nowadays topics: Optimization in
processes and methods applying the Lean philosophy. With the pursuit of
improvements in logistics and resources companies’ efficiency, Lean
Manufacturing is acquiring an important role in the current business society.
The main objectives of this document are the study, proposal, achievement
and analysis of improvements about packaging processes in Talleres Bellvitge,
the place where the entire project has been done. Getting these improvements,
using the initial resouces, it is obtained some benefits, adding more production
and easiness to work in general. Also there is an improvement in terms of
quality.
Lean Manufacturing is focused on reduction of the seven wastes in order to
improve overall customer value, but there are varying perspectives on how this
is best achieved. By eliminating waste, improving quality and production time
and costs are reduced.
To make the project, gather data tools have been used. Applying these tools
and formats, an initial study has been made and then proposal improvements.
After analyze the results, it is possible to show positive conclusion using Lean
Manufacturing as an optimization method, because currently, there is more
space, less time used and better quality in the final product. |