Estudo do Índice de Eficácia do Sistema de Planejamento e Controle da Produção em construtoras no Ceará

Abstract

The competition between companies from the most different sectors of the economy intensifies every day. The civil construction industry is also part of this highly competitive market, which demands a high level of excellence in production processes. However, the construction environment is often associated with high levels of waste and low technological and managerial innovation, attributing an image of backwardness to civil construction. The production planning and control process (PCP in portuguese) has proven to be one of the most effective tools to apply new concepts and principles of production management in construction companies. Among the studies that address the PCP in civil construction, the publication that presented the Effectiveness Index of the Production Planning and Control System (IES-PCP in portuguese) stands out, responsible for evaluating the PCP process through 14 practices. The present work has, as a general objective, the determination of the Index in construction companies that operate in the State of Ceará. As for the methodology, data collection was carried out through a form sent to the companies, allowing the calculation of both the indicator and the application of practices. Analyzes were carried out with the data obtained, presenting the scenario in which each practice implies. The results achieved in the research indicated that it is necessary to make improvements in the planning and control process in most of the construction companies studied, and that there is a lack of knowledge of the importance of the PCP process.