Implementação de um novo layout visando à competitividade global no setor de customização da maior indústria de confecção de vestuário da América Latina

Abstract

An increase in the competitiveness of a company can be achieved by presenting an efficient layout, which tends to provide not only savings but also improvements in the interactivity between the production and demand of the products. Thus, this article goals to evaluate and optimize the physical arrangement in the customization sector of the largest garment making industry in Latin America, through the Systematic Layout Planning (SLP). Three new layouts have been presented to the company's board, which chose the layout C. The new layout was implemented, which resulted in the following improvements: elimination of the largest displacement flow between the carousels and conveyors, integration among remaining sectors, reduction of the number of operators in the sector of customization, increase in the quality of the final product, a reducing on the losses and rework, improvement in the operator’s ergonomic conditions and a reducing on the part’s lead time