Optimization of the manufacturing process of cardboard packaging with fuzzy logic: Case study company in the industrial polo of manaus

Abstract

This study arose from the need to meet the demand for manufacturing LCD monitors with cardboard packaging, with less assembly complexity, substantially reducing the amount of folds in the packaging, due to the use of a large number of collaborators involved in the assembly of standard cardboard boxes. The focus of the work is directly on reducing the amount of box folds, maintaining current factory layouts and complying with basic dimensional requirements, geometry, mechanical strength, and customer acceptance criteria (quality tests). The methods used for the purposes of the research were exploratory and descriptive, having as a research instrument applied in the form of observation and analysis in the various stages of the development of the packaging project, proposing a new approach to the concept of boxes that would meet the needs of the modern production and development needs. In this case, we propose, with Fuzzy logic, to validate the results obtained with the new layouts of boxes, as well as other recommendations relevant to the proposed study, creating subsidies to answer the problem raised.