Increased productivity in a fish canning company

Abstract

Objective: Apply method engineering to increase the productivity of the packaging process in a fish canning company. Materials and methods: An applied research was carried out with a pre-experimental research design. Techniques such as the analysis of absolute and relative frequencies, cause and root analysis, time study, interrogation technique and documentary analysis were used. The instruments used were: Pareto and Ishikawa diagram, which helped to identify the process to improve in order to increase productivity; analytical course of the operator, where the information of the packaging process was recorded, and a route diagram was supported to know the distribution of the area; and time analysis sheets that allowed determining the standard times. Results: It was obtained as a result that, through the analytical course, it was determined that 40.20 % of the total time represents those activities that do not add value to the product; an average initial productivity of 48.56 boxes/man-hour was obtained in relation to the months of june-august; a standard time of 645.33 seconds/box was calculated; and through the interrogation technique a new working method was established. Conclusions: With the application of the new work method, a distance traveled less than the previous one was achieved and a better standard time was established as a result of an effective work method that generates better results.