Product cost price reduction on the press for cutting artificial leather

Tekmovalnost v industriji je danes zelo intenzivna. Zaradi odprtega trga imajo podjetja na istem področju mnogo tekmecev. Ta se borijo za čim večji delež trga, da bi povečala dobiček. Nakup nove opreme je eden od načinov povečanja produktivnosti, a če stroj ni pravilno uporabljen oziroma optimiziran, bo efektivnost procesa slabša kot na prejšnjem stroju – to nas privede do vprašanja, kako lahko izboljšamo njihov izkoristek, da bi dobili prednost pred drugimi podjetji. Ena od takih metod je TPM ali celovito produktivno vzdrževanje. S pravilno oskrbo se izboljšata življenjska doba strojev, zanesljivost strojev, povečamo skupno število in kakovost izdelkov ter sočasno dvignemo samozavest in moralo delavcev v podjetju. Z naštetimi ukrepi lahko znižamo lastno ceno izdelka in ostanemo konkurenca drugim. Vpeljava metode TPM v podjetje je prikazana na primeru podjetja, ki se ukvarja z izdelavo usnjenih polizdelkov. TPM je zelo obširna metoda, zato smo se odločili za tri podskupine, ki imajo visok potencial za znižanje lastne cene izdelka. Te so 5S, Kaizen in avtonomno vzdrževanje. Vpeljava teh metod bo omejena na stiskalnico za izrez umetnega usnja.Competition in the industry is very intense nowadays. Due to the open market, there is plenty rivalry among companies within the same area of expertise. All of them are competing for as much of a market share as they can get, to increase their profit. Buying new equipment is one way of increasing your productivity but if it’s not properly used or optimized then the effectiveness of the process can end up being even lower than on previous equipment – This leads us to ask ourselves how to improve equipment effectiveness, to get an edge ahead of other companies. One of these methods is TPM or Total productive maintenance. With the right care, we can improve the life span of the machines, their reliability, increase the total count and quality of products and simultaneously raise the self-esteem and morale of workers in the company. With these measures we can lower the production cost of the product and remain competitive. Implementation of TPM into a company is shown on an example of a company that produces leather intermediate products. TPM is quite expansive that is why we decided on three main subgroups that have the highest potential to lower the product cost price. These are 5S, Kaizen and autonomous maintenance. Implementation of these methods will be mainly limited to the press for cutting artificial leather