Manufacturing process improvement using the Kanban

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Martin Darío Arango Serna
Luis Felipe Campuzano Zapata
Julián Andrés Zapata Cortes

Abstract

This paper presents the application of the Kanban methodology and analysis of the effect that this can generate in a manufacturing of distribution transformers. By applying the proposed methodology can be improved production scheduling, with the aim of reducing the amount of product in process is not used, so that inventory is reduced. To analyze the effect of applying the Kanban methodology in the company, the simulation technique was used, for which the current process and proposed to the rules of the Kanban methodology is modeled. From these results that yield modeling, it shows that there is an improvement in production lines where kanban methodology is used.


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Arango Serna, M. D., Campuzano Zapata, L. F., & Zapata Cortes, J. A. (2015). Manufacturing process improvement using the Kanban. Revista Ingenierías Universidad De Medellín, 14(27), 221–233. https://doi.org/10.22395/rium.v14n27a13

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Martin Darío Arango Serna, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Doctor en Ingeniería Industrial. Profesor titular. Departamento Ingeniería de la Organización., Universidad
Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín, Director Grupo de I+D+I Logística Industrial - Organizacional –GICO–.

Luis Felipe Campuzano Zapata, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Magíster en Ingeniería Administrativa. Ingeniero de Producciónen Rymel

Julián Andrés Zapata Cortes, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Magíster en Ingeniería Administrativa. Estudiante de Doctorado. Investigador Grupo GICO, Universidad
Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín, Facultad de Minas

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