Predição da capacidade produtiva de um frigorífico aviário estratificada por mercado consumidor

Abstract

Poultry production is an important factor both for Brazilian food and for the country's income, and presents complex challenges to increase its productivity and profitability. Modern industries are increasingly looking for indicators and procedures that positively impact their production chain and their intangible assets, while increasing profitability in a predictive way. for this we can seek improvements in the quality of the meat produced, reaching more profitable markets and having the leading role of the front line workers involved. Numerous factors can affect the characteristics of carcasses, which can lead to reductions in productivity as well as the loss of the carcass as a whole. Among these factors are the inadequate handling of animals still alive and inside cutting facilities. Seeking to expand the capacity of the analyzed slaughterhouse to deliver cuts of high quality enough to be sent to more profitable markets, half breasts, sasami fillets, boneless legs and chicken breast skins were analyzed, these products were collected homogeneously and before being classified, so that defects could be identified and, when feasible, quantified. Through the analyzes, it was identified that the main causes for half breast pieces to be rejected for the foreign market are the presence of bloodiness and mischaracterization of the piece due to cutting, removal of the skin and an excessively large hole in the removal of the cartilage for boneless legs, mischaracterization of the piece and presence of bloodiness for small filets, and bruises and lacerations in the skin.