Desenvolvimento e implementação do controle de consumo de matérias-primas sobressalentes no processo de extrusão de uma fábrica de produtos hospitalares.

Abstract

The present study aims primarily at controlling the excessive consumption of polymers in the extruders of a hospital products factory, a sector distinguished by high raw material consumption, often resulting in stock shortages at the manufacturing plant. To optimize this process, a spreadsheet for recording and controlling the surplus consumption of raw materials was implemented, aiming to identify the main deviations from the system and develop viable solutions to mitigate them. The analysis of the results obtained through the implementation of the spreadsheet revealed that machine adjustment was the factor that most negatively impacted the unit's stock (stockout). Thus, this project became attractive by using simple and low-cost resources to enable the efficient execution of consumption control, representing an effective and economically viable approach to solving the problem. In summary, the implementation of surplus consumption control of raw materials, focused on machine adjustment in the extruders, represents an effective strategy to ensure more efficient use of resources and avoid stock shortages in the hospital products factory, thereby contributing to the improvement of production processes and the reduction of operational costs.