Propuesta de mejora en el proceso de compras de las pymes exportadoras del sector textil de confecciones de prendas de vestir de tejido de punto de algodón, aplicando herramientas de lean manufacturing

Abstract

The main challenge of the SMEs of the garment textile sector is the level of competitiveness that is experienced today. The textile companies must have the capacity to attend the different orders in the time established by the final client. In this context, it is essential to develop methods or tools that improve the deficient processes of the sector. The main objective of the project is to redesign the purchasing process with lean manufacturing tools: Standardization and Just in Time, aligned to eliminate unnecessary processes, raise productivity levels, reduce inventory, costs and delivery time and increase customer satisfaction improving its competitiveness in the globalized market through the terms of agility, response speed and flexibility. For the development of the project, a preliminary research is made on the lean manufacturing methodology, where the applications of each of the tools and success cases of SMEs are studied worldwide. Then, the purchasing process of the export textile sector oriented to the needs of Peruvian SMEs is redesigned, accompanied by an implementation plan of the proposed modules based on lean manufacturing tools. Finally, the proposed model is validated by expert judgment, two users of textile companies and four experts in the application of Lean tools, through eight criteria initially established it was possible to determine the viability of the proposal.