Administração e organização física de materiais, da teoria à prática: estudo de caso em uma indústria de confecções de Três de Maio/RS

Abstract

The materials management encompasses how companies organize and classify the materials and ways to manage the stock for the preservation of quality and increased productivity. The work has as its theme the physical organization of materials and inventory management in an industry of clothing Três de Maio/RS. As a general objective, the research seeks to analyse the influence of the physical organization of materials on the management of stock in an industry of clothing Três de Maio/RS. The specific objectives are: check the physical organization (layout) of the materials; describe the physical flow of materials throughout the production process of knitting industry Três de Maio; analyze the relationship between the physical organization and inventory management in industry; and suggest improvements in the physical management of materials in stock clothing industry of Três de Maio. The theoretical basis used deals with scientific references interpret the materials management, inventory management, and the physical organization of materials. The research is characterized as descriptive and qualitative case study. The data were collected by means of a semi-structured interview script with openness to possible adjustments in your course and the method of observation in a non-participant in all sectors of the organization. Data analysis was performed by means of simplified content analysis technique. This research described the physical arrangement of the company and the representation of the flow of the production process in the making of a piece of clothing. It is observed that the relationship between the physical organization and inventory management is present in the actions planned and controlled how the company allocates your materials and how to control these materials stored in inventory, for cost reductions, waste of time and excessive physical efforts of employees. Regarding the difficulties faced by the industry, it is suggested the use of PCP tool (production planning and control), the continuous improvement system (theory of constraints) and periodic inventory systems as scientific and suggestions not arbitrary. It is concluded that the order as the materials are stored and moved around, as the company plans and controls their material resources generate influences such as, for example, on cost reduction and physical efforts of employees at the time of taking a material from a place to another, in the reduction of downtime of a step to start another, influence on quality assurance of the finished products, both at the time of the company organize your materials as in the management of the stock.