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Waste mismanagement is a problem in the manufacturing industry nowadays. This chapter presents a case study in a manufacturing company in Mexico, where poor waste management has generated high costs for the disposal of fiberglass (USD 15,751.45) and general waste (USD 65,317.91) and losses in the sale of waste (USD 13,943.67) in the period January-December 2020. Therefore, the Research objective is to reduce waste disposal costs and increase waste sales by 15%. To reach this research objective, the Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycle (PDCA) tool is applied, and findings after implementation indicate that garbage disposal costs were reduced by 48.45% and fiberglass disposal costs by 70.59%, while waste sales revenues increased by 81%. We conclude that the PDCA cycle is a useful lean manufacturing tool for solving waste management problems in the manufacturing industry.
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Realyvásquez Vargas, A., García Alcaraz, J.L., Satapathy, S., Díaz-Reza, J.R. (2023). Case Study 1. Reducing Industrial Waste Disposal Costs. In: The PDCA Cycle for Industrial Improvement. Synthesis Lectures on Engineering, Science, and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26805-2_2
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