Cartas de controle em laboratório: estudo de caso em laboratório de análises de trigo

Abstract

Quality is a prerequisite for any company that wants to remain economically active in the current scenery. This area has gained a special mention due to its great importance, regardless of the line of business. The southern region of Brazil is of great importance in agriculture and because of this, it is important to maintain the quality of their traded goods. Farmers invest and machinery with high technology, seeking the best seed varieties to plant and when harvest, perform laboratory tests on specialized companies to make sure that their products are of quality. In turn, laboratories performing such analyzes seek certifications and tools to prove its reliability, maintaining and making new customers. Because of this, the wheat analytical laboratory of a particular company in the Southern Region adopted as one of the tools quality control charts, which aims to monitor the equipment and the adopted routines. The laboratory is ISO / IEC 17025 certification, however, the cards have been of great importance to aid in good progress.