Mejoramiento del proceso de fabricación de envases para productos médicos en una empresa de la ciudad de Cali

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a project that took place in the city of Santiago de Cali in 2008, a company dedicated to the production of plastic packaging for pharmaceutical and veterinary industry, resulting in an improved process of manufacturing and the proposal of a new packaging design. The study was conducted on the production line vaginal applicators, product sales with the largest share (30,7%) according to the Pareto analysis conducted with data from sales of the company in 2007. For the development of this research tools were used Quality Function Deployment (QFD), Focus Group and the final consumer surveys, Moldflow Part Adviser 6.0 software and the application of techniques such as time and motion study. With the implementation of surveys directed at a group of women from the Autonomous University of the West between 15 and 50 years of age were identified consumer needs versus vaginal applicator, the Focus Group showed qualitatively the importance of each need and the level of user satisfaction with the product in comparison to the competition, the QFD helped establish the quality criteria that the company had improved to be more competitive. The results determined the necessary parameters of the mold to reduce cycle time of the injection process and the study of methods and established the critical time, standard time and the working method to be used in the production process.