Application of Time Study in a Pharmaceutical Distribution Center: A Case Study in Teresina - PI

The following work is aimed at analyzing the routine production of a Pharmaceutical Products Distribution Center located in the city of Teresina - PI, specifically in the medicine conference sector. In the case of data collection, methods engineering tools were applied in different phases of the research to identify opportunities for improvement in the medication conference process. To analyze the productivity, the chronoanalysis of three different lecturer standards was performed: High performance lecturer (1), Medium performance lecturer (2) and Low performance lecturer (3). Complementarily, the time measurements were performed in three different periods: shift input, shift mode and end of shift, in order to associate the characteristics of the process - at these time periods - with daily productivity.The data collected at this stage of the research were screened and tabulated through Microsoft Excel software, and converted into graphs, tables and tables. Thus, through the chronoanalysis, it was possible to identify the points that affected the production of the employees, besides making possible the proposition of solutions for the company.

Keywords:

Study of times , Engineering Methods , Productivity , Distribution center