Kaizen de mapeamento de fluxo de valor aplicado na montagem de salas elétricas

Abstract

The present article is a result of the study on VSM (Value Stream Mapping) tool applied in EHouse assembly department, of the multinational of the branch of electrical solutions, WEG Equipamentos Elétricos SA, whose objective was to analyze how VSM can be used in an assembly process of electrocenters to have a leaner production. For the development of the research, the mutual collaboration between the researcher and the others involved in the company was paramount. However, the descriptive and analytical research with a qualitative approach was applied using the bibliographic research for the theoretical basis and the field research for the data collection. In this way on, it could know the company and the product studied a little more and describe them. Thus, the map of the current process under study was drawn, in which, several improvement opportunities were identified, which were implemented in two future maps, Future map 1 and Future map 2. Those two maps are basically differentiated by one of them requires a considerable change in the product and the other is not a decisive factor in the choice of the future state map to be implemented, which, due to the lower impact and faster results, was chosen by future map 2. However, those two maps were detailed and the plan of action was presented. In addition to mapping and documenting the whole assembly process of electrical rooms, it was possible to dry the production, eliminating the waste or removing it from activities that should only add value to the product, such as the creation of the preparation of electrical materials. The importance of the VSM tool to obtain a leaner production, the difficulties encountered and suggestions for future work are also contemplated in this article.