Date
4-2010
Degree
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering
College
College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)
Adviser/Committee Chair
Romark O. Cayube
Committee Member
Diana Marie R. De Silva, Mikel Angelo B. Yap
Abstract
DDC Food Development and Contracting Services Inc. (DDC-FDCSI) is a subcontractual company of Nestle Philippines located at Block 14 Lot 26 Lazatin Blvd., Villa Victoria, Dolores, City of San Fernando, Pampanga. DDC-FDCSI handles food and beverage powder in preformed pouches for the supplies of Nestle clients and not for retailing. DDC-FDCSI’s Nestea Lemon Iced Tea Production line, the foremost profit contributor among DDC-FDCSI’s major products, has been experiencing a lot of overtime workload in its Filling Section considering it is the resource constraint in the line. It was found out based from the capacity requested by demand and the process capacity of the Filling Section that the Nestea Lemon Iced Tea Production Line is subjected to 116.59% implied utilization which further signifies that the demand exceed the current process capacity by 16.59%. The additional capacity is being covered through scheduled overtime hours in the Filling Section. Harnessing the scientific method and Industrial Engineering concepts for analysis, the root causes of the low capacity of the Nestea Lemon Iced Tea (NLIT) Filling Section were carefully identified based on its association to Man, Method, Machine and Materials. Experimental and controllable root causes were critically assessed and evaluated in order to provide corrective and preventive solutions to achieve the main objective of the study which is to increase the capacity of the NLIT Filling Section. Factors contributing to the problem identified in the study were categorized based on the insufficiency of the manpower capacity, the manual filling operations, and the net weight discrepancies caused by the large capacity of the scoop. A controllable factor identified was the occasional supervision within the manufacturing line which contributed to the lax attitude of the workers. These factors were addressed from the formulated alternatives of providing additional workers and parallel workstations, automating the filling and sealing operations through a machine and reallocating workers, customization of the scoop being utilized in the line and providing systematic and meticulous guidelines for manufacturing line monitoring. From the evaluation of alternatives, it was recognized that purchasing a filling and sealing machine as well as reallocating workers to the next resource constraint would return the highest profit that was estimated to accumulate up to 38,917,832 Php annually. Implementing this alternative would increase the capacity of the whole production line.
Language
English
Location
UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)
Recommended Citation
Miciano, Jaquelyn Margaret Lawas, "Increasing the capacity of the Nestea Lemon Iced Tea Filling Section of DDC Food Development and Contracting Services Inc. at San Fernando Pampanga." (2010). Undergraduate Theses. 908.
https://www.ukdr.uplb.edu.ph/etd-undergrad/908
Document Type
Thesis