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Hatira Dincer

Leyla Cabrera

Maria Alejandra Ali

PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT ANALYSIS

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Description

SteelWorks is a rebar fabricating company

managed by a team with more than 30years of experience in the steel industry.

Their priority is to give a quick and reliableservice with cost-effective and precise

products, using state of the art equipment.

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Our Mission

To analyze the Production Departmentthrough a study of their complete processand be able to offer them

recommendations that will ultimately makethe process more efficient and reduce

their costs.

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Shearline

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Unequal workloads.

When item tags are

loaded into thestorage of themachine, the oldtasks done and thenew tasks get mixedup. Operator has tospend time measuringeach bar length andthen sorting out to

see which barbelongs to which task.

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Alligator

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Operator has tocarry 70-80 lbsloads manually.

Machine isoperated at fullcapacity only by

one operator.

The equipmentdesigned isunsuitable for the

operator.

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Coil 16

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Storage process for thebended bars is timeconsuming becausethe operator has to

organize them in apallet, which has to besurround wrapped inorder to maintain thebars standing.

Operator has to stopthe machine constantlyto use the forklift

himself to move thefinished pallets to theirstorage position.

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SteelWorks uses the aSaSoftware to assignfabrication dates, delivery

dates, create fabricationand delivery schedulereports.

Currently we are improvingthe communicationbetween the Sales andProduction Departmentsby assigning scheduling

statuses for the placedorders.

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Ergonomics PLIBEL Method is a questionnaire developed

by Kristina Kemmlert for identification of

workplace injury hazards on workmen oroperators.

Questionnaire has 17 items which examine

issues related to the following body regions:- Neck, shoulders, upper back

- Elbows, forearms, hands

- Feet

- Knees and hips

- Lower back

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Safety: Overhead Traveling Cranes carrying chains should

be prohibited. Floors should be hazard free and provide limitless

movement space.

Wear earplugs for high noise levels.

Material Handling: Storage capacity should be increased. Implement the Master Bundling system.

Standardization:

Train workers to operate every machine forrotation.

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Thank you.

Questions?