Análise da logística e gestão de operações de uma propriedade rural para a proposição de melhorias

Abstract

The concepts of management applied in companies or industries can be employed in essentially rural organizations, composed of grain producing properties, through the application of management techniques and planning of the processes performed to obtain grains. The present study aims to understand the processes of a soybean and corn producing rural property located in the interior of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul to analyze and propose improvements considering the flow of the processes developed in the property for the cultivation of grains, with the purpose to increase its productivity, using concepts of operations management, logistics and Business Process Management (BPM). The research performed is classified as to its nature as applied in which the processes performed by the company were understood, identified the problems and elaborated proposals for improvements. The results with the application of the BPM to the understanding of the main processes identified, such as: pre planting, planting, phytosanitary control, harvesting and support. In order to elaborate the proposition of improvements based on the management of operations and logistics, they demonstrate that it is possible to apply these concepts to contribute to the improvement of work in a rural property.