Analysis of utilization and consumption of lubricants in a food company

Faced with the current competitive business scenario, opportunities for increased efficiency and productivity capable of placing any industry at the level of excellence in the market are necessary. For example, production losses and costs are opportunities to standardize grease consumption in any industry in Brazil, as pointed out in the literature, through the analysis of its lubrication process. From this, three main critical lines were established through the Pareto Diagram and focused on all listed actions and root causes of the problem raised through the Ishikawa Diagram, which was used in this work to evaluate the use and consumption of grease. As the research unit, a renowned food industry was used. All proposed actions were implemented and tested to verify that no malfunctions would occur. Thus, an analysis of the current process, hitherto adopted, has opened the door to several opportunities that have led to recognition of the critical lines within the industry.