Propuesta para la optimización de las cadenas de aprovisionamiento manual y mecanizado en el Ingenio COAZUCAR Ecuador, cantón La Troncal, provincia del Cañar

Abstract

The purpose of the current graduation research work is to make a proposal for the optimization of the manual and mechanized supply chain at COAZUCAR ECUADOR sugar mill, located in La Troncal County, Cañar Province, to determine the necessary fleet the Company must have. The current situation study was carried out in two stages. The first part had to do with the information gathering belonging to the harvest from 2017 through an interview applied to the manager of the sugar mill Agricultural Services Area. In the second part, it was necessary to implement a field trip observation in order to know the processes carried out during the harvest regarding to the cane transport in different means. This goes from the beginning of the working day in the factory to different destination points as well as its return, here the sugar cane is processed and finishes its transformation into sugar and derivative products. Some equations were also obtained, the ones that consider some time parameters, tonnage, and capacity. When registering the data collected, it was possible to calculate the number of trucks and tractor-trailers required to satisfy the tons the sugar mill processes every day. It was concluded that the fleet dimensioning is done empirically transporting the cane in the company’s own transport in a 60% and 40% in private transport; with the application of the formulae, it was possible to diminish a 30% of trucks and a 20% of required tractor-trailers. In order to have a better dimensioning, it is recommended for the sugar corporation to complement its calculus with the formulae proposed in order to reduce the fleet contracting.