Aplicação do mapeamento do fluxo de valor: um estudo de caso em uma indústria de estruturas metálicas

Abstract

The competitive environment clearly noted in the current scenario of the world economy induces the companies to increasingly seek to apply the latest engineering and management technologies in their realities. In this context, the concepts and tools of the Toyota Production System demonstrate extensive adherence to organizations that intend to identify the chain of value creation in its products and processes. The Lean Manufacturing aims to ensure the elimination of waste throughout the production flow, enabling a better competitive positioning of companies using its methodologies. The Value Stream Mapping is a tool that enables the analysis of the flow of material and information in a supply chain and facilitates the implementation of lean manufacturing tools. This work demonstrates the application of value stream mapping in an industry of metal structures in the state of Ceará. The study aims to implement Lean Mentality applying the tool of Value Stream Mapping. The mapping is then used as a tool to guide actions and provide recommendations for improving processes, searching results in the performance criteria of quality, reliability and cost. The current state map was prepared showing the relationship between information flow and material flow in the company. Therefore the concepts and techniques of lean manufacturing were used in the preparation of a future state map, which led to the discussion of the Lean mindset and made it possible to make decisions about the flow, allowing to describe in detail how the organization should operate. This work has provided subsidies for the adequacy of academic knowledge in business reality and application of methods in the process of improving processes.