Viabilidade econômica da implantação de linha de embalagem termoencolhivel automática em indústria de móveis de aço

Abstract

The introduction of new techniques, tools and materials, have been modifying the production processes, as well as the logistics dedicated to the products coming from the furniture industry in Brazil. Caring for the packaging and shipping of products is currently a major concern among furniture producers. Thus, the goals of this paper were to evaluate, under technical and economic aspects, the implementation of an Automated Thermo-Shrinkable Packaging (ATSP) in a metallurgical industry dedicated to the production of steel materials. For that, the economic indicators NPV, EAEV, IRR and Payback were compared in time horizons of 20, 10, 5 and 2 years. The evaluated scenarios considered investment in new and used equipment, use of virgin and recycled plastic and also use of gas or electric energy for its operation. As main results, NPV positive results were observed for the scenarios evaluated with the line used, as well as indicatives of viability by the TIR and VAUE, in addition to the lower Paybacks. Thus, it was concluded from this work that the implantation of an Automated Thermo-Shrinkable Packaging Line is feasible under the technical economic aspects, considering both the acquisition of a new line as used for the planning horizons of 5, 10 and 20 years, and 2 years only for the used line. In addition, it is concluded that the use of natural gas and recyclable plastic increase the expected returns for all evaluated scenarios.