Proposta de aumento da capacidade de produção do setor de plásticos em uma indústria de medidores de energia elétrica

Abstract

The manufacturing sector of electric-electronic meters of electric energy grows at a fast pace, with performance indicators showing significant advances, since, increasingly, the country's energy system is developing and the electric power utilities invest and demand new technologies in measurement of energy. At the same time, the metering industries concentrate the allocation of resources, time and effort to achieve lean production, which improves the productive process and achieves a competitive advantage, delivering only what adds value to the end customer at the lowest possible cost and being able to meet the demand demanded by the market, with the availability of products to final customers in the time demanded and with the requested quality. In this sense, studies are relevant that propose an optimization of the industrial production flow, making it leaner and without bottlenecks that limit the production capacity. The present study aims to propose solutions for the increase of the production capacity in the plastics sector of a company of electric energy meters, located in the state of Ceará, based on a qualitative research, succeeded by a case study that brings tools, techniques and approaches enshrined in the productive scope, over the years. The objective is to increase this capacity by 15%, making the process capable of making the plastic products available to the assembly sector in the required time and in the desired quality, thus avoiding bottlenecks limiting the overall manufacturing process of the meters.