Propuesta de mejora en el proceso de identificación de producto terminado para una empresa procesadora y comercializadora de acero en las familias de tuberías y perfiles

Abstract

The main objective of this work was to design a new labeling process for steel products of an important industrial company based in the city of Guayaquil. For the theoretical support of this work, an important review of the literature that include the labeling process and its implications in business logistics was carried out. In this sense, with the help of the phases of the PDCA Cycle, it was possible to plan the entire process from the creation of the prototype of the new label, the durability tests of the new labeling, the verification of the process and the measurement of the results obtained. In the same way, the implementation of the PDCA Cycle brought with it important changes in the costing methods of the company studied. In this case, the ABC costing method was implemented, which made it possible to define priorities at the time of inventory supply in the warehouse. Likewise, in accordance with storage costs and the rotation of finished steel products, production priorities were defined to optimize space in the warehouses. In short, the implementation of the labeling process improvements managed to reduce sales returns by 2.5%. In the same way, the reduction of delivery times of between 20% to 50% was achieved. Finally, with the implementation of the new labeling and the new costing method, it was possible to increase the turnover rate, making that the entire inventory can be sold two months faster.