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This paper presents the application of the Kanban methodology and analysis of the effect that this can generate in a manufacturing of distribution transformers. By applying the proposed methodology can be improved production scheduling, with the aim of reducing the amount of product in process is not used, so that inventory is reduced. To analyze the effect of applying the Kanban methodology in the company, the simulation technique was used, for which the current process and proposed to the rules of the Kanban methodology is modeled. From these results that yield modeling, it shows that there is an improvement in production lines where kanban methodology is used. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents the KNOWLEDGE VALUE AGGREGATE METHOD -- KVA for the intellectual capital measure in companies, presenting specifically its application to a superior education center as it is the Politécnico Colombiano Jaime Isaza Cadavid. This paper stars with the KVA method description, followed by the application of such method in the commented institution, and finally it is presented the obtained results and some future works. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]