Propuesta de mejoramiento del proceso de producción de panela en el trapiche la Palmereña

Abstract

The present work shows the proposal of a tool for the improvement of the production process of the LA PALMEREÑA trapiche, applying techniques that help to an easy applicability and is within reach of its owner, in order to improve its productivity in a more efficient way. To carry out the improvement of the processes, the characterization was initially developed in order to identify the entire baseline of the production process in general, and thus define the activities that are developed based on them. To achieve a substantial improvement in the process, the times required by each of the processes until the efficient completion of the process were taken into account, and the shortcomings and errors that arise during the process were studied. As a next step, the most appropriate techniques to be applied to the production process of the LA PALMEREÑA trapiche were analyzed, and thus, to be able to optimize the processes and increase their productivity without leaving aside their traditional and traditional origins. The tools applied for improvement are based on the 5s methodology. Finally, the most appropriate techniques to be applied were implemented, so it seeks to encourage cooperation in plant operators for the application of these process tools. The investigation was carried out in the Municipality of Santander de Quilichao, department of Cauca, 30 minutes from the city of Cali. The choice of the municipality lies in the purpose of showing the progress and development of the municipality and how projects such as this research help these advances and competitive achievements. Also, for being the most influential panela collection center in the north of the department.