Abstract:
The objective of this research is to reduce the processing time of 200 g. original
flavour Chinese cabbage kimchi production, which currently produces an average of
1,914 per day with a production time of 40,140 seconds, accounting for 92.92 percent
of the case study factory's working hours per day. Therefore, the issue has been studied
by improving the washing and soaking in saltwater process and employing flow process
charts to analyse problems in the production process and develop process
improvement guidelines by questioning 5W1H and applying the ECRS principle to the
washing and soaking in saltwater process, as well as direct study time. As a result, the
processing time of 200 g. original flavour Chinese cabbage kimchi production was
reduced to 30,600 seconds, a decrease of 9,575 seconds, or 23.85 percent, and
proposed a method to arrange a semi-automatic sealing machine, with a payback
period of 0.34 years.