PROPOSED PRODUCTION IMPROVEMENT BY MINIMIZING THE NUMBER OF REJECT PACKAGING OF DRUG TABLETS DUE TO DEFECTS INPACKING (CARTONING) MACHINE USING THE SIX SIGMA METHOD APPROACH AT PT. XYZ

Abstract

PT. XYZ engaged in the pharmaceutical industry. In the secondary
packaging section, several products have used packing (cartoning)
machines, but there are still many rejected packaging produced during the packing production process. The number of rejects that exceeds the company's standards will certainly suffer losses due to damaged packaging and cannot be sold to consumers. This research focuses on process improvement through analysis of quality control of the packing process using packing machines (cartoning) to reduce the number of rejected containers so as to reduce company losses with the Six Sigma method approach with the stages of Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve. (DMAI). The recommended solution is to create a training agenda and evaluate training for all production operators. After the solution was implemented there was a decrease in the average DPMO
to 10,909.0909 and an increase in the sigma value to 3.794 sigma and a decrease in loss costs of Rp. 42,333, - (73.91%) for every 1 batch of packing process. With the results of data processing, it will result in improvements to the production process in order to improve product quality and provide an advantage for the company.