Propuesta de implantación de metodología Lean Manufacturing en un taller automotriz del sector Batán Bajo, Quito, 2016

Abstract

Today organizations interact in a globalized and changing world, which forces them to be constantly evolving, as is the case enterprise Tiresplus & Purifiers SA, whose business is importing tires and service delivery since 2002. During the last years they have been raising some reforms in one way or another have affected the operation of the business, such as: reduction of import quotas, contraction of the automotive industry, devaluation of the Colombian peso, unemployment, among others. Because of these variables and the economic crisis affecting the country, the company is forced to seek new ways to revitalize the business and stay in the market in the medium and long term. Therefore, in this paper a management model used by large companies such as the Japanese corporation Toyota described; number one in the world. This methodology is named "Lean" which means "No Waste", and intends to gradually implement from an area of ​​exponential opportunity as the Workshop.