Implantação da metodologia Lean no setor produtivo de uma empresa de alimentos do sudoeste do Paraná

Abstract

With the market in constant change, companies find themselves in a scenario of high competitiveness, in which it is necessary to search for improvements in their production methods. The insertion of these new production methods in the industrial scenario aims mainly at a production with efficiency, quickness, and that maintains the quality of its products. Therefore, the present work has as its objective the implementation of tools and concepts part of the Lean methodology in a productive sector of a food industry, located in the southwest region of Paraná. The development of the Value Stream mapping (VSM) of the process sought to make it easier to locate the waste present in the line, besides showing the times that add and do not add value to the product. The identified times were compared to the calculated Takt time, allowing improvements to be better targeted. The methodology used in this study characterizes the research as applied, with a quantitative and qualitative approach, besides having an exploratory nature when analyzing the production process of a food industry. The results obtained with the application of the 5S methodologies and other management techniques that are part of the Lean philosophy enabled the suggestion of changes applied to the analyzed production process, which allowed the creation of the value stream map of the future state of the line.