Improving Production Efficiency a Case Study Of a Mushroom Factory

Abstract

This research aimed to (1) reduce the amount of damaged raw materials during production, (2) reduce the time and steps in the production process, and (3) increase the efficiency in the mushroom cultivation process. Researchers used the Deming Cycle Principle (PDCA) to analyze the golden enokitake mushroom cultivation process to find solutions to the problems that occurred and use the ECRS principles in operations to reduce problems in mushroom cultivation and damage caused by inefficient transportation. To reduce the processing time and amount of damaged raw materials.

The research results found that the cultivation time of golden needle mushroom before and after the improvement was reduced by 1 step. But the time used was reduced as follows: Operation time was reduced by 47.22%, transportation was reduced by 58.33%, inspection was reduced by 50.00%, delays were reduced by 50.00%. Total time before improvement: 118 minutes, after improvement: 59 minutes, equivalent to 50.00%. In terms of the amount of raw materials damaged during production, it was found that before the improvement, there were 40,996 bottles of mushroom culture that were damaged, or 0.18%. After the improvement, there were only 63 bottles of mushroom spawn that were damaged, which is 0.0002%. The damage amount was reduced by 40,933. When calculated as a percentage, the damage was reduced by 99.84%.