Desafios na gestão de frota de caminhões leves: Estudo de caso em uma empresa de distribuição de Alimentos em fortaleza - ce

Abstract

This work aims to make an analysis of the maintenance management on a fleet of light trucks in a food distribuition company, evaluating the impacts caused by changes in strategy as well as in infrastructure of the company. Firstly, an introduction was made on the importance of cargo transportation to the Brazilian economy, showing the importance of road transportation in the sector. From there, a parallel was made on the quantitative relevance of the fleet of heavy vehicles with the economic impact created by their maintenance. It was then given a brief history about the development of the cargo vehicle that would come to be known as truck, as well as its connection with the Diesel cycle engine. This work also mentions the history of the Brazilian industry of trucks, the consolidation of the Diesel engine as the market standard, and a brief explanation on the items and operation of the main systems that allow the correct operation of a truck. The concepts of Predictive, Preventive and Corrective Maintenance were also presented, showing their concepts and impacts in the operation of equipments, as well as an analysis of Outsourcing as a maintenance tool. A case study was carried out at a food distribuition company located in the city of Fortaleza/CE, where data were collected and compared from 2017 to 2018, and for demonstrative purposes, also during the first four months of 2019, during the development of a project to reduce costs and increase reliability indicators of the truck fleet. Finally, the results of the proposed actions that were applied in the case study were presented, where it is possible to verify that there was a 33% reduction on maintenance costs in 2018 compared to 2017, proving that the strategic management changes created a positive output, reducing total maintenance costs and increasing the reliability of the fleet as a whole.