Evaluation and improvement of production line performance

Case study in NAdFood Company

Chapter Five
Conclusions &
Recommendations

2017

Taiz University
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5.1 Conclusion:
Throughout application of the project we deduce the following conclusion:
The process of performance evaluation is an important process, it gives a
feedback to the management on the progress towards achieving the goals and the
most important thing is identification of losses and areas of weakness that need
attention and development.
The success of the performance evaluation process in the production line
based on the best selection of suitable key performance inductor where only one
indicator is not enough to evaluate the performance.
By using simulation, the result of applying the new lacquered system instead
the old one will be:
 reduce the breakdowns related to lacquered problem from 31.3% to 16%
 The availability will be improved from 73% to 76%.
 Also the through put of the line will be improved from 108144675
Cans/year to be 114688077 Cans per year.
 From the above result we see that OEE of line increased from 53% to be
55%.
 The labor productivity will be improved from (2538Cans/labor*hrs.) to
be (2691Cans/labor*hrs.).

Applying the smart quality system have the following results:

 Preventing the defects parts from arriving to the final step in production
process and therefore from arriving to the customer.
 Reducing the cost related to the production process and quality problem.
 Improve the preventive maintenance program by effective use of the
recorded data.
 Improve the performance of the line by reduce the scrape.

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Implementing 5's system on can plant is helping in elimination of wastes

such as excess in inventory, motion and over production, also reduce the
accidents and increase the loyalty of the worker.
5.2 Recommendations:
The following recommendations were made based on the data analysis and
interviews through application our study:
 Space that was used for work in process could be utilized for more important
purposes such as increasing facility capacity.
 The company should be use the red tag and point photography tools when
applying the 5s program.
 The company should be apply just in time (JIT) & Kanban method to help in
avoiding inventory wastes.
 Generally we recommend companies using model that result from this study
if they want to identify the weak points in production lines.
 The company should be replace current lacquered system in body maker
170g machine by the modified one which is discussed in this project.
 The company should be re-design the work load (carriers) that is specified
for storing the ends and cans to prevent any pressure on it due to storing and
transporting inside or outside the plant.
 The company should be use one oven machine for all the process that is
needing for heat, this oven machine will reduce the manufacturing cost by
reducing the amount of gas that is needed for the current three oven
machines, also this oven will reduce the lead time of producing the ends from
48hrs to be less than 8hrs.
 The company should be make obstacle to prevent the worker from touch the
machine during its operation to reduce the accidents.
 Quality laboratory must have more than one device to measuring the
hardness of the tin sheets.

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 The company should be reduce the thickness of tin sheets from 0.17mm to
0.13mm, where it will provide 430.77 sheets that is meaning 13784.64 can.
 It is necessary to make courses in various fields (E & Computer &
Mechanics) for the maintenance team.
 Developing relations with the Department of Industrial Engineering at the
Taiz University to send students to apply and provide support and incentives
them to address such problems.
 Using of more suitable chairs for workers and punishing the workers who do
not wear personal protective equipment.
 The company should be use the smart quality system which is developed in
this project for all press machines and also for the body maker machines.
 The company should be use FMEA to identification and documentation of
potential failures of machines and their resulting effects.

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