FIGUEIREDO, I. D.; FIGUEIREDO, Izabela Delfino de.
Resumen:
The Theory of Constraints, or TOC (Teory of Constraints) is aimed at making the increasingly productive organizations, thinking of ways to get more gain by managing bottlenecks that interfere with production performance. It is a logical reasoning methodology of cause and effect and innovative management as it has the basis of applicable solutions, how to maximize the gain of money, based on better management of existing resources in order to lead the organization to optimize the overall profit. In this perspective, this study aims to analyze the management of limited resources (bottlenecks) in the production process in an industrial company in the footwear industry in Campina Grande-PB, from the theory of constraints. For that seeks to characterize the company under study, describe their activities, identify bottlenecks in the production process in the sectors of silk and transfer that interfere with levels of production and further verify the application of the principles of the theory of constraints to optimize the limited resources in the sectors in study. As for methodology, the research is exploratory and descriptive and used qualitative approach method. It is also the bibliographical in the form of theoretical framework on the concepts addressed by authors who have studied the productive area and the theory of constraints, as well as appearance of the footwear industry. The survey was conducted through observation in loco do process, machinery and manpower to operate such machinery, guided by a research roadmap according to the steps and principles of the Theory of Constraints. According to the descriptions on the company, it appears that the silk and transfer sectors constitute the system constraints as a whole, since they have lower production capacity than the other sectors that make up the production system. It was also clear that the company already operates strongly in studies in these sectors, through the work of continuous improvement in methodologies innovative search to minimize the impact of these restrictions in these and other sectors.
