Proposta de programação da produção para uma fábrica de revestimentos cerâmicos e porcelanato do estado da Paraíba

Abstract

In today's global scenario, the quest for competitive advantage has become need for survival in the industrial segment, motivated by the crisis economic, in the sector of production of ceramic tiles. In this context, within organizations, planning, scheduling and production control can become of great value for the permanence and growth of the industries. This case study was elaborated on two lines of production of a state ceramic and porcelain tile factory of Paraíba. It aimed to propose the programming of the production of two porcelain tiles using the Exhaustion Time (ET) method. With the application of the method it was possible to identify that the amount of excess stock, of porcelanatos in the format 50cmx50cm and 61cmx61cm, for a given period of time, could be reduced by 72.1%. With the valuation of these inventories, it has been identified that a reduction of 37.5% of the financial amounts related to this inventory. Besides that, some benefits, in relation to the inventory and costs, that the adoption of the proposed schedule could bring the company. Key words: Production scheduling, Exhaustion time,