TY - JOUR AU - Mello, Mario Fernando AU - Fassini, Gabriel Mino PY - 2017/05/15 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - APPLICATION OF THE TOOLS OF PRODUCTION ENGINEERING FOR THE REDUCTION OF DEAD TIME IN AN ASSEMBLY LINE JF - Brazilian Journal of Operations & Production Management JA - BJO&PM VL - 14 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.14488/BJOPM.2017.v14.n1.a1 UR - https://bjopm.org.br/bjopm/article/view/V14N1A1 SP - 2-8 AB - <p class="Abstract"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Abstract:</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"> <span class="hps">The constant</span> <span class="hps">changes in the</span> <span class="hps">agricultural equipment</span> <span class="hps">market</span> <span class="hps">have brought</span> <span class="hps">many challenges</span> <span class="hps">to the productive sectors</span> <span class="hps">inside the organizations.</span> Once the market is increasingly <span class="hps">competitive</span>, the industries <span class="hps">lack</span> <span class="hps">of efficient</span> <span class="hps">working methods</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">companies</span> <span class="hps">seek</span> <span class="hps">intensely</span> to <span class="hps">adapt themselves to</span> <span class="hps">a methodology</span> <span class="hps">to assist</span> <span class="hps">in the standardization of</span> production <span class="hps">processes. The</span> <span class="hps">main</span> <span class="hps">objective of this work</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">the application of some</span> tools of <span class="hps">Production Engineering</span> <span class="hps">to improve</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">operating</span> <span class="hps">times</span> <span class="hps">in an assembly</span> <span class="hps">sector of a</span> <span class="hps">metal</span> <span class="hps">mechanical</span> <span class="hps">industry.</span> <span class="hps">The focus</span> <span class="hps">is to establish and to</span> <span class="hps">define the guidelines</span> <span class="hps">of the used methodology,</span> <span class="hps">the </span>so-called ‘<span class="hps">Just in time’, to</span> <span class="hps">seek</span> <span class="hps">the reduction</span> <span class="hps">of dead</span> <span class="hps">time</span> in <span class="hps">the process of the</span> <span class="hps">assembly line according to the reality of the companies.</span> <span class="hps">Change</span> <span class="hps">processes are</span> <span class="hps">very</span> <span class="hps">conditioned</span> <span class="hps">to the environment,</span> <span class="hps">the culture</span> <span class="hps">of who</span> <span class="hps">receives them and</span> <span class="hps">leads</span> <span class="hps">them.</span> <span class="hps">Thus, this</span> <span class="hps">project</span> <span class="hps">also aims to</span> <span class="hps">aid</span> <span class="hps">in the maturation</span> <span class="hps">of the staff</span> <span class="hps">in this cultural</span> <span class="hps">aspect,</span> <span class="hps">seeking the development</span> <span class="hps">of operators</span> in<span class="hps"> a</span> <span class="hps">new operating</span> <span class="hps">process.</span></span></p> ER -