Plan de mejora para la planificación de la producción de una picantería de Portoviejo

Abstract

The main objective of this research project is to develop an improvement proposal for the production planning of a picanteria in Portoviejo, in order to diagnose the production process in the production of onions, a general diagnosis was applied in specific operational areas of the company. The research begins with the search and compilation of the bibliographic analysis of the proposals of production planning and the tools of industrial engineering for the determination of the initial diagnosis of the picanteria. A mixed research was applied since techniques such as the ishikawa diagram, diagnosis, ishikawa diagram, interview and direct observation were implemented, which were evaluated to the 8 workers of the company. The inventory forecast method is determined, the work forecast for the next semester with the objective of detailing a production plan for the company that allows optimizing the resources and planning strategies through the aggregate planning of production, the application of several forecasting methods is observed, which was used the forecast with the smallest absolute error equivalent to 1149 of the holt winters method. The elaboration of a production plan based on the demand forecast for the next 6 months, based on the manpower estimation, has the purpose of optimizing the business resources of the picantería and the proposal of the production strategies, taking into account the leveling of the capacity by overtime, labor force in the months of higher demand. The results of this research show that the proposal of the overtime labor strategy is the most profitable for the company, which is equivalent to $80.50 in relation to the strategy of hiring $2529 dollars in the months of highest demand.