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dc.rights.licenseAll rights reserveden_US
dc.contributor.advisorTorres, Edgar
dc.contributor.authorSoto, Waldo
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-07T14:37:21Z
dc.date.available2020-08-07T14:37:21Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationSoto, W. (2012). Using lean methodology to reduce changeover time in packing line [Unpublished manuscript]. Graduate School, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12475/493
dc.descriptionDesign Project Article for the Graduate Programs at Polytechnic University of Puerto Ricoen_US
dc.description.abstractAbstract - One of the metrics to measure efficiency in packing lines is Process Reliability (PR). It has been identified that the PR loss in packing Line X due to changeovers is 16%. The objective of this project is to use lean methodology to reduce the changeover time of Line X from 77 to 57 minutes during a three month time frame. This represents a 25% changeover time reduction obtaining savings of forty thousand dollars a month. Work Process Improvement tools were used in conjunction with the DMAIC approach to achieve an average changeover time of 46 minutes exceeding our initial objective. The data gathered from the change over critiques show that the improvement has been consistent and more than 80% of the changeovers are being completed on the new 46 minutes target, confirming that the use of the company’s Work Process Improvement tools proved to be very efficient. Key Terms – DMAIC, Machine Changeover, Six Sigma Tools, SMEDen_US
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dc.publisherPolytechnic University of Puerto Ricoen_US
dc.relation.ispartofManufacturing Engineering;
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSpring-2012;
dc.relation.haspartSan Juanen_US
dc.subject.lcshSix sigma (Quality control standard)en_US
dc.subject.lcshLean manufacturingen_US
dc.subject.lcshProcess control--Reliabilityen_US
dc.subject.lcshAssembly-line methodsen_US
dc.subject.lcshPolytechnic University of Puerto Rico--Graduate students--Research
dc.titleUsing Lean Methodology to Reduce Changeover Time in Packing Lineen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.holderPolytechnic University of Puerto Rico, Graduate Schoolen_US


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