Melhoria de tempo na expedição de etanol em uma usina sucroalcooleira

Abstract

Reducing time in an expedition can ensure operational excellence and quality. This work aims to show an application of time improvement tools in ethanol shipment, operational improvement and ethanol logistics in a plant. An exploratory bibliographic review was performed, besides the review, the logistic process was analyzed and a set of variables was identified. Next, samples were collected referring to the same periods of different years, in order to reduce the estimated time in the whole process. Based on this information, the plant obtained a reduction of the time in the process, increasing its agility and distribution. Thus, the contribution of this work stems from the identification of important quality variables in ethanol logistics, statistical process control tools and the determination of ways to save time and increase agility. Taking into account the improvement in the operation of the terminal, and its effectiveness, these points were inspected as part of systems and networks for the use of automation, vehicle registrations and equipment issues such as pipes, valves, meters and safety issues, in order to achieve an efficient result.