Aplicação do lote econômico em uma linha de produção de garrafas PET em uma indústria de bebidas

Abstract

This work was developed in order to propose inventory management improvements, as well as a cost reduction at a soft drink industry in northeastern Brazil. The work consisted in using inventory management tools to find the industry management priorities and the economic order quantity in order to reduce the cost. Throughout the work it might be noticed a very common mistake of many companies, that in order to reduce inventory costs they end up rising the setup cost.