Efficiency improvement of the packaging operations of contour deluxe nasal masks through reduction of idle times in RCM Manufacturing, Inc. Canlubang , Laguna Philippines

Date

4-2014

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering

College

College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Diana Marie R. De Silva

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 due to significant levels of additional labor hours observed in the organization. the finished goods group contributed the highest amount at 2,243.57 hours or the additional cost of PHP 176,726.00. Analyzing the finished goods group, the Contour Deluxe product contributed 43.17% to the total additional labor hours used by the finished goods group. In order to reduce the use of additional hours in production, the assembly and packaging of the Contour Deluxe nasa mask product were studied. Brainstorming activities were done by the project team and the main causes of the problems were identified to be unbalanced workload distribution among workers and the disruption in material availability due to poor workplace layout. Activities in the assembly and packaging process were classified into value adding activities are the assembly and packaging operations in producing the Contour Deluxe product while the non-value adding activities are identified to be the procurement of material bins being used in the assembly and packaging operations. It was found out that the line efficiency of the current assembly setup of the production of Contour Deluxe product is at 65%. Different line balancing methods were used to improve the line efficiency thus distributing the workload among operators efficiency. The rank Positional Weight method was selected because it gave the highest line efficiency at 91% and the lowest idle time at 8.67 seconds. After the implementation of the proposed method, the cost reduction from January 2013 to May 20134 amounted to PHP 42,432.73. Also, alternatives for the non-value adding activities were examined and prioritize according to ease of implementation and level of reward. Creating bin trolleys would be the greatest alternative to be done it is easy to implement and it would eliminate the non-value adding activity of refilling the material bins. After installation of bin trolleys in the assembly and packaging area, non-value adding activities were reduced from 34% to 155 of the total working time.

Language

English

Location

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

Call Number

LG 993 2014 E66 L34

Document Type

Thesis

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