Planejamento da produção por meio da simulação computacional na Fábrica Temperos de Mainha

Abstract

The market becomes competitive and companies can offer to growing consumers. As micro and small enterprises assume an important role for local and regional economies, however, these enterprises will suffer from early closure, due to lack of management and early planning. Thus, the structuring and protection of production processes make services essential to guarantee the quality of products and/or. This case study aimed to deepen knowledge in the production process of a spice factory and propose that they will serve as a basis for the company's strategic planning. The study of operation times was carried out through chronoanalysis and computer simulations of the production process with the Arena® software. With a simulation 01, desired1 it is assumed that with a production will not meet the demand. In simulation 02, with the addition of a collaborator, there was an increase in time by around 37 minutes. In 03 with the acquisition of one more employee, the time of approximately one thousand minutes approximately around 02, compared to simulation 02, resulting in monthly products. Therefore, the company's production capacity increased by 79.7%, being able to meet an estimated demand. Computer simulation proved to be a very important tool to assist in decision making in relation to production processes, in an intelligent and fast way, being a differential in the current competitive market.