Implantação do sistema Kanban no setor de estamparia em indústria do ramo metalmecânico no estado do Ceará

Abstract

Since the decades of 1980 and 1990, industry has been undergoing profound transformations, driven by capitalist competition, an effect of the increasingly internationalized world economy. To be highlighted, the organizations are constantly in search of strategies to reduce their costs and techniques that bring improvement to the productive process. In this scenario, the Toyota Production System (also called Lean or Lean Production System) is highlighted, bringing together several management tools that help organizations align their processes to market requirements. The objective of the present work is the implantation of Kanban in the stamping sector in a metalmechanic company in the state of Ceará, seeking to reduce interruptions in the production flow caused by lack of items. The same work is classified as an applied, quantitative and descriptive research, using methodological procedures of bibliographical research, as well as the case study. For the design of the number of Kanban cards the load-machine study of the sector in question was used, as well as the production and maintenance follow-up records. At the end of the study, there was a decrease in downtime, according to the operability indicator, demonstrating the relevance of the tool.