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<journal-id>0120-6230</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad de Antioquia]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev.fac.ing.univ. Antioquia]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-6230</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Antioquia]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0120-62302022000200175</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17533/udea.redin.20210735</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Buffer allocation problem in a shoe manufacturing line: A metamodeling approach]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Problema de asignación del buffer en una línea de manufactura de zapatos: Enfoque de metamodelado]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández Vázquez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José Omar]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Salvador]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández Vázquez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José Israel]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Figueroa Fernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Vicente]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cancino de la Fuente]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Claudia Iveth]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<numero>103</numero>
<fpage>175</fpage>
<lpage>185</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0120-62302022000200175&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0120-62302022000200175&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0120-62302022000200175&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Footwear production is subject to the variability inherent in any process, and producers often need to apply tools that allow them to make the right decisions. This work documents the process to optimize the buffer allocation in a shoe manufacturing line minimizing the cycle time in the system, applying a metamodeling approach. It was found that the Front sewing operation, and the interaction between the Lining sewing operation and the assembly operation have the greatest effect on the flow time of the product within the process; the optimum assignment of spaces follows a non-uniform arrangement on the line saturating the slower stations; the cycle time follows a non-linear behavior vs. the total number of spaces (N) in the line. For a certain value of N, the cycle time reaches a minimum value.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La producción de calzado está sujeta a la variabilidad inherente en cualquier proceso y los fabricantes necesitan aplicar herramientas que les permitan tomar decisiones certeras. En este trabajo se documenta el proceso para optimizar la asignación del buffer en una línea de producción de zapatos, minimizando el tiempo de ciclo en el Sistema, aplicando un enfoque de metamodelado. Se encontró que el cosido del frente y la interacción entre la operación del cosido del forro y la operación de ensamble tienen el mayor efecto sobre el tiempo de ciclo del producto dentro del proceso, la asignación óptima de espacios consiste en un acomodo desigual en la línea saturando las estaciones más lentas y el tiempo de ciclo sigue un comportamiento no lineal vs la cantidad total de espacios disponibles (N) en la línea. Para un valor de N, el tiempo de ciclo alcanza un valor mínimo.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Resource allocation (C03381)]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[management operations (C02375)]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[optimization (C02848)]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[experimental methods (C01466)]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[regression analysis (C03320)]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Asignación de recursos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[administración de operaciones]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[optimización]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[métodos Experimentales]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[análisis de regresión]]></kwd>
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