Implementação de sistema informatizado para autocontroles em uma indústria de alimentos

Abstract

The food industries have strict self-control systems imposed by Brazilian legislation, for the most part, self-control spreadsheets are used, where the data monitored daily for control and history of the industrial process are reported. Such spreadsheets need to be filled out manually and correctly and then filed, as they are requested at any time for use in internal or external audits of government agencies. This entire process of the employee who fills in these worksheets (erasures or loss), requires a large and adequate place outside the production environment for archiving them and time to perform the monitoring, with several worksheets to control the process, right in the performing audits and consulting these data are time consuming, as a physical and manual search is necessary. This work demonstrates the possibility and benefits of using a computerized system for data management, being applied in a swine refrigeration plant and opening the possibility for future work in other industrial processing plants. To evaluate such benefits, key performance indicators (KPI) were used, which expressed a significant change between physical data management and data management in a computerized system, demonstrating reduction of erroneous data, agility and maximization of consultations of this information. Such information can be used in the future for decision making, process management and creation of quality metrics, aiming at an efficient management methodology for the industry, for the inspection system and also minimizing environmental impacts.