APLICAÇÃO DE CONCEITOS LEAN MANUFACTURING EM UMA EMPRESA DE NUTRIÇÃO ANIMAL

Abstract

This work addresses the application of the concepts of Lean Manufacturing in an animal nutrition company. Such an approach is necessary, given the need to present a way to improve its processes, to reduce the waste of several magnitudes, it is only a matter of discipline and commitment of all employees, from production to top management, aiming at the success and stability of the company to maintain and achieve sustainable growth, the company must review its production process flows and reduce costs, making its product attractive and sustainable. The objective of this work is to improve the production process, the research proposal was based on the Lean methodology, which presents a new layout, marking the location of each object, a path to pedestrian and transport and reduction in transportation trajectories. A management that follows the concepts of lean production and applies the tools of this philosophy, profits from the fact of reducing expenses eliminating waste, contributing favorably to the perpetuation of the company in the global market. The work was a case study carried out in an animal nutrition company located in the city of Três Corações, which has one of the largest industrial parks dedicated to the production of pet food, with the commitment to offer high quality national products, company achieves daily the credibility and satisfaction of customers in the Brazilian and global market. It infers, therefore, that the efficiency of the Lean concept in its applications eliminated several wastes, such as the alienation of leased deposits, reduction of handling of forklifts.