Análise de valor e a ecoeficiência na indústria de serviços têxteis - uma pesquisa-ação.

Abstract

The competitive pressures faced these days by the majority of companies make the search for manufacturing cost reductions a high priority item in Operations Management. However, it is possible to observe that the environmental aspects are hardly considered in that process. In this context, this article aims to show that in parallel to the cost reduction efforts it is possible to obtain relevant environmental gains measured by the amount of the eco-efficiency level of the manufacturing process considered. This objective was achieved by means of an action research in which the value analysis techniques were applied to a production process of a company providing dyeing and washing services for the Brazilian textile sector. After the implementation of the cost savings in the manufacturing process, it was possible to find out an involuntary and relevant contribution to the environment condition improvement as the ecoefficiency level increased substantially after the cost reduction implementations.