Increasing capacity through aggregate planning and work methods improvement in the auxilliary production line of DPL Technology Inc., Calamba City, Laguna, Philippines

Date

6-2016

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering

College

College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Maria Liezel P. Caroche

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

Currently, the effective capacity of the auxiliary production line in DPL Technology Incorporated lags the demand for its production in 2015 by 18,029 hours. This causes the company to use overtime shifts amounting to Php 1,062,013.12. This study aimed to increase capacity of the production line by at least 21%. Time study and work sampling techniques were employed in the study to validate the standard time of each process. The results showed that the operators are relatively productive hence, aggregate planning was used to solve the lack of capacity in the line. Demand was forecasted up to 2017 assuming that the demand per year is constant. Several cost and non-cost factors were used as criteria in selecting the best alternative. The proposed solution is to hire 10 more operators in the minicast auxiliary line. If implemented, the company can save up to Php 245,965.84 in 2017. This is equivalent to a 21% increase in effective capacity. Other proposed solutions involve slight improvements in the work methods such as modifications of workstation, lecture/training to operators and inclusion of pictures of quality problems in the work instructions. These solutions can increase the effective capacity by 4.64%.

Language

English

Location

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

Call Number

LG 993 2016 E66 /D53

Document Type

Thesis

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