Aplicação de ferramentas da qualidade para a melhoria contínua no processo de recebimento e armazenagem de soja em uma grande empresa sul Brasileira.

Abstract

This text aims to explain the use of quality tools, flowchart, verification sheet and stratification in the process of receiving, processing and storing soybeans in a large company in the south of the country. It is important to apply these tools when the company seeks, as in this case study, to identify and eliminate failures in the soybean receiving line, more specifically to investigate the bottlenecks of the production line, reduce the time spent for the production of a batch of product ready for storage, guarantee the quality of the stored product, through improvements made in the way of storing soybeans, reducing costs and improving the quality of the finished product. Thus, the importance of using these tools is noted, enabling the reduction of time spent in the process, elimination of bottlenecks, improvements in the quality of life in the work environment, process optimization, cost reduction, better quality in customer service. and improvements in the quality of the stored product. Quality tools have always enabled companies to grow, as they are based on and made up of a methodological study that has already been put and tested in practice, so it is concluded that their use shows a path, points to a north helping the company to reach its goals.