We divided this project into 3 parts:

Preliminary study and data acquisition

• We first became familiar with the company, its employees and the equipment before proceeding to the data acquisition. Secondly we proceed to take physical measurement of the production chains and reported digital with AutoCAD. Then we took time measurement of the various production steps and dead times.

Data Analysis and refactoring proposal

• The second step was to analyze the data we acquired and proceed to plan different modifications of the workspace. This involved product Flow analysis, financial analysis on the cost of the modification and its benefices. We then proposed our solution to Les Zelles.

Implementation

• Finally we proceed to the implementation of our accepted solution with the company and reported our work to both Les Zelles and our School.

Result:  We improved the production rate by 31% (averaging the different productions with small and large series)  by refactoring the workstation, involving a gain ~2000 euros per month for the company.