GESTÃO DE PROCESSOS: uma análise sobre a contribuição da automação para a produção de queijos ultrafiltrados

Abstract

This work addresses an analysis of the contribution of automation to the production of ultrafiltered cheeses. Such an approach is necessary due to the high employee turnover rates as well as the search for more productive processes. The purpose of this study is to verify the contribution of automation, if the returns are positive and help in the choice or not of these processes. This purpose will be achieved through the case study of a company that produces ultrafiltered cheeses, located in the south of Minas Gerais. The study showed that the automation of production processes is necessary in a line of ultrafiltered cheeses and that the automation of line tip has a high cost but depending on the locality, the cost of the labor of the region, can be worth for the company to invest.