Mensuração da capacidade do processo de beneficiamento de uva de mesa em um packing house: estudo de caso em uma empresa no Vale do São Francisco

The Sao Francisco Valley is one of the main fruit and vegetable producers in the country, with several planting cultures. In this context, the state of Pernambuco is one of the largest grape producers, as is Rio Grande do Sul. Therefore, the objective of this research was to measure the capacity of the table grape processing processes in a company located in the Sao Francisco Valley, in the city of Petrolina-PE. The study was justified by the need to obtain forms of control of defective items to measure the production capacity in the stage of grape processing that happens in the packing house. Through statistical techniques, an average proportion of defective items of 8.33% was obtained in the assessments made from October to December 2018. Thus, the company obtained a production capacity index (C) of 91.17% in conformity. With the results obtained, the company set an annual goal and started using the process capacity indicator as a management indicator for weekly monitoring in order to guarantee the quality of its products to its customers and consumers.