The Effect of SMED on Benefits Gained in Maquiladora Industry

José Roberto Díaz-Reza, Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz, Valeria Martínez-Loya, Julio Blanco-Fernández, Emilio Jiménez-Macías and Liliana Avelar-Sosa
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José Roberto Díaz-Reza: Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, 32310 Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz: Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, 32310 Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
Valeria Martínez-Loya: Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, 32310 Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
Julio Blanco-Fernández: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of La Rioja, 26004 La Rioja, Spain
Emilio Jiménez-Macías: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of La Rioja, 26004 La Rioja, Spain
Liliana Avelar-Sosa: Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, 32310 Ciudad Juárez, Mexico

Sustainability, 2016, vol. 8, issue 12, 1-18

Abstract: Nowadays, Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) has achieved great industrial popularity. However, it remains unclear to what extent and how SMED implementation at its different stages benefits industries. To address this gap, this research proposes a structural equation model to quantitatively measure SMED effects. The model has six hypotheses that link SMED stages and benefits. To statistically validate such hypotheses, a questionnaire was administered to 373 Mexican maquiladoras located in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. Results show that before starting SMED implementation process, companies must be appropriately familiarized with their production process. Mainly, manufacturing companies in Ciudad Juárez need to focus their efforts on the SMED planning stage (Step 1) in order to identify important internal production activities and turn them into external activities. In fact, SMED planning stage has direct and indirect effects on subsequent stages and SMED benefits.

Keywords: SMED; lean manufacturing; structural equation model; SMED benefits (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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