Redução de sobrepeso de produtos congelados produzidos em um frigorífico de aves localizado no oeste do estado paraná

Abstract

As competition in the domestic and foreign markets is increasing, companies need differentiation to stay competitive. Birdhouses produce different products with high added value from a single raw material, have great opportunities to gain market space. Being overweight is a problem in this field of activity, só it must be solved without breaking the laws that determine the minimum weight of pre-measured products. This research is a case study, which aims to reduce the overweight of frozen products from a production line of a poultry refrigerator, in which it was able to reduce the weight range of four products, respecting the laws in force. As a consequence, the company’s profitability and product quality has been increased.The methodology used to reduce overweight of the four products can be replicated to the others.