PRODUCTION PRODUCTIVITY BY AUTOMATION APPLICATION IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY

Abstract

One of the fundamental quality philosophies of ISO 9001 Quality Management System Standard certification is “improvement” approach. All organizations, aiming at quality products and quality systems, can expand their customer networks and ensure customer loyalty only as long as they constantly improve themselves. Improvement of quality leads to increase in productivity, it decreases in production costs and sales prices, thus increasing competitiveness in local and global markets could be reached. In this study, an increase in productivity with an automation cell installation is shown in a plastic and metal injection factory which produces accessories in furniture sector. This fully automatic PLC controlled assembly cell provides high quality assemble of shelf supports and fixing parts. In addition to labor and energy savings, it has contributed to the increase in productivity with shorter injection times achieved by reducing raw material quantities through part design modifications realized within this study.