Aplicação da metodologia TPM para aumento de eficiência de uma fábrica de gorduras e margarinas

Abstract

With the increasingly competitive market, companies seek differentiators that help them reduce costs and increase efficiencies in order to maintain their firm positions in the market. Generally, they are methodologies that continually improve and focus on technical and operations areas. It can involve employees on the factory floor, bringing better efficiencies and lowering processing costs as benefits. Based on this scenario, this work presents the TPM (Total Productive Management) Program, in implementation in a fat and margarine industry. A case study was developed based on Step 1 of the Autonomous Maintenance Pillar (AM), one of the nine pillars of the TPM Program, in its pilot phase. The choice was made due to the highlight of the implementation of Step 1 of this pillar, where the preliminary results generated several improvements to the quality of life, safety, work culture and skills developed by the operation. In addition, through the actions implemented, a volume increase of 17 tons of product per day was achieved, as well as an increase of 24 in operational efficiency.