Use of MASP Tools to Increase Productivity of Cutting and Bending Machine

• Main Authors: Ramon Souza Lobo, Mauricio Johnny Loos
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista 2019-06-01
• Series: GEPROS: Gestão da Produção, Operações e Sistemas
• Subjects: Productivity; Cut and fold; MASP; Quality Tools
• Online Access: https://revista.feb.unesp.br/index.php/gepros/editor/submission/2187

Due to the strong competition in the Brazilian steel market, the result, principally, of the entry of products imported from China and Turkey, as well as the recession in the country that directly affects the construction market, which is forced to look for products with lower and lower costs, companies are driven to seek increased productivity to try and stay competitive. The productivity of the Brazilian industry has not shown effective reactive power over the years, which makes some businesses inviable in the face of rising cost / inflation. In this article, we try to solve the problem of low productivity in a Cutting and Folding machine, using the MASP method and the Quality tools. An analysis of the main causes for this unproductivity is performed using the Pareto Diagram; then the problems related to these causes are analyzed with Ishikawa's help. The productivity parameters are shown before the work is started and, after some suggested actions are implemented, new checks are made. The increase in the productivity numbers serves to prove that the application of the tools has generated results.