Journal
SUSTAINABILITY
Volume 13, Issue 23, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/su132313109
Keywords
Cleaner Production (CP); furniture industry; physical arrangement; (re)layout
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This study proposed a (re)layout project as a strategy to implement Cleaner Production practices, using a furniture manufacturing company in Palhoca, Brazil as a case study. By increasing administrative area, reducing raw material storage area, increasing production capacity, and decreasing byproduct areas, the project successfully achieved Sustainable Development Goals.
This article includes the proposal of a (re)layout project as a strategy to implement Cleaner Production (CP) practices, with a furniture manufacturing company in the Brazilian municipality of Palhoca (Santa Catarina, Brazil) as a case study. This work is characterized as applied research, using a multi-methodological approach, being subdivided into two different steps: literature review and case study. The (re)layout project led to an increase of the administrative area by 25.18%, having had a positive impact on the management areas, aiming towards the integration of Environmental Management, ecodesign, Production Planning and Control sectors. The project led to a decrease of the total stock area of raw materials/storage by 70.01 m(2), representing a reduction of 25.59% when compared to the previous area. The project resulted in an increase of the plant production capacity, increasing the production area by 33.33%, thus optimizing areas and sectors, combining those which are inter-related. The byproducts also stood out in the layout mapping, with the areas allocated to byproducts being reduced by 51.69%. Therefore, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) were fulfilled. The removal of physical waste and production losses can be achieved from a (re)layout project integrated with CP by optimizing, areas, sectors, flows and processes.
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