Aplicação do ciclo PDCA para implantação de melhoria em um abatedouro de aves

Abstract

The increasing competitiveness in the market is bringing challenges to industries as they must adjust to established prices without compromising the quality of their products. In order to increase profits without raising prices for customers, it is necessary to enhance the efficiency of their production processes, and one of the methods to achieve this is by reducing or eliminating existing losses. The PDCA cycle can be used as a quality tool to accomplish this objective. Therefore, it was applied in this study to increase the yield of gizzards in a poultry slaughterhouse located in the Campos Gerais region, in the state of Paraná. The methodology used was the PDCA cycle, following the four stages of "Plan," "Do," "Check," and "Act," with the assistance of Pareto charts and Ishikawa diagrams. From this, improvements were obtained in the gizzard's production processes and thus contributing to the improvement of the company's financial situation. From this, opportunities were identified in the process, for which action plans were developed and implemented. With the actions carried out, there was an improvement of approximately 6 % in gizzard yield, in addition to improvements in production processes, thus contributing to the improvement of the company's financial situation.