Reduction of bypassed nuts in the coconut water concentrate line in the production department of Franklin Baker Company of the Philippines in San Pablo City, Laguna

Date

6-2015

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering

College

College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Micah A. Ramirez

Restrictions

Restricted: Not available to the general public. Access is available only after consultation with author/thesis adviser and only to those bound by the confidentiality agreement.

Abstract

The study was conducted at the Production Department of Franklin Baker Company of the Philippines in San Pablo City, Laguna. Every week, the company is expected to produce 880 cases of Coconut Water Concentrate (CWC) but the production line failed to meet the demand by 76 cases, on the average, per week from January to April 2014. This is caused by the nuts that bypassed the CWC line due to shortage of nuts in the Dessicate Coconut (DC) line where nuts are prioritized since it is the company's main production. Furthermore, the reasons for the conduct of bypass were identified where it is learned that 53% of the total bypassed nuts due to cleaning. Other causes of bypass of nuts were backlogs from the Quality Assurance Department, equipment downtime, and shortage of nuts in the DC line during setup. After analysis, alternatives regarding the schedule of Clean-In-Place in the line were proposed and evaluated by simulating the system using ProModel Student Version 7. Out of the six formulated alternatives that were evaluated, it is recommended to schedule the CIP for all the machines simultaneously. This caused a 15.74% increase in the CWC line's output equivalent to 127 more cases per week hence meeting its weekly demand.

Language

English

Location

UPLB College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)

Call Number

LG 993 2015 E66 C39

Document Type

Thesis

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