DYNA JOURNAL ENGINEERING

Key words:

Cambio de útiles, costes, productividad, Tool change, cost, productivity

Article type:

COLABORACIÓN / COLLABORATION

Section:

COLLABORATIONS

A production process is configured by a set of activities and operations whose objective is to produce a quality product at the lowest cost. One of those activities that shape the production process is the change of votes.
The tool change can be defined as the set of operations performed on production equipment, to prepare and can produce the new product to enter the new productive phase. This activity should be performed and controlled under the parameters of efficiency, effectiveness and minimum cost.
This study proposes a methodology for assessing the costs of the change process useful and presents a computer program that has been used to analyze these costs.