Improving the Productivity in Cleopatra Plastic Factory

Abstract

Cleopatra plastic factory was established in 1988. Located in the industrial zone in 6thof October, it has 30 plastic injection molding machines, each produces a different product. The factory deals with external customers where they give the factory the required molds that they want the factory to inject the plastic in and produce the required demand. In the plastic injection molding process, the raw material goes through steps to create the final product. Firstly, the raw material is manually fed into the injection molding machine, gets melted and injected by the machine into the mold then cooled off and ejaculated. After investigation, it was found that The Factory’s production rate does not meet the demand fulfillment. One of the products produced is the "cooker’s Legs" for Union air Company, which is made from ABS plastic material, the factory current production is 600 presses per 12-hour shift and aiming to increase it to 900/12 hours shift. The aim of this project is: Improve the productivity of the TH-M8 plastic injection molding machine in Cleopatra plastic factory to increase the productivity using industrial engineering methodologies such as the Lean Six Sigma technique (DMAIC), SMED methodology, and Incentive Plan.