A system study on the painting section of Anfra vehicles of Francisco Motor Corporation

• Main Authors: Acuna, Engelbert, Gomez, Luisito, Magno, Carlo Antonio
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1997
• Subjects: System analysis; Motor vehicles > Painting; Production engineering; Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/9164
• Institution: De La Salle University

Francisco Motor Corporation (FMC) is a manufacturer of local vehicles in the Philippines. It was established in 1947 and started as a printing service shop cars and because of its success it ventured to car assembling and finally to car manufacturing. The Anfra models are widely used by companies as a vehicle service. At present, Anfra models have the biggest percentage of sales of Francisco Motor Corporation having 23.16%. The proponents of the study focused on the Painting Section of Anfra models, as was duly restricted and recommended by the IE Department of FMC. Through observation and data gathering, the proponents of the study found out that the Painting Section is having an unmet production of 540 units from the period of March 1996 to February 1997. This unmet production of 540 units is equivalent to an opportunity loss of P 29,006,386. The final causes that lead to unmet production are occurrence of rework and machine & facility breakdown. The proponents of the study decided to propose two solutions. This includes the changing of existing machines with a Cathodic Electro-Disposition (CED) process and installation of billboards in the Painting Section of Anfra models. The CED is composed of 8 tanks, and 9 electrical trolleys. The total processing time of the CED will be 11 minutes as compared to the present system of 304.8 minutes. The CED process will include the dipping of the Anfra units to several chemicals that will add the protection of the vehicles from rust and other damages. The materials that will be used in the CED process will be imported from Korea and Japan. The CED facility will be located at the back of the existing layout of the company. The CED will eliminate all the defects that are due to FMC's existing machines. The defects that will be eliminate are the pinholes, rough surfaces, peel off, dings/dents, scratches, and solvent pop blister. This will also eliminate the breakdown of machines which also contribute to the problem of FMC's Painting Section. The installation of billboards will achieve less rework as compared to its previous operation. This billboard will include the tally of the workers performance such as absenteeism and the rating of their performance. The billboard will control two defects that are due to men, namely the sag,and thin coat. The proposed system will incur an initial cost of P 41,003.750 having an annual cost of 1,08000. The net present value for a study of 20 years and a minimum attractive rate of return of 18% is P 115, 752. 375.90.