A formalização de procedimentos e seu papel na integração da atividade projetual.

Abstract

This work contains an analysis of the necessary procedures to establish a favorable environment for the teams and departments integration in metal-mechanic company, main focus of this work. Besides this enterprise case study, were studied four companies also from the sector metal-mechanic with different structures and dimensions. The aim of this parallel study was focused on the identification of common aspects that made difficult the communication and integration between the involved departments. Throughout the study was observed that the changes imposed for the market had lead the Company in the search for computational methods of work such as CAE/CAD/CAM (Engineering, Project and Manufacture Assisted by Computer), that could guide it in the fastest accomplishment of necessities during the work routines. Moreover, it allows answering the necessities and peculiarities of the development of projects for the manufacture. However, the adoption of these features is not enough to guarantee an adjusted integration in the projects development, once that are necessary to accept standardized methods that make easier the use and management of information through the work in team. Ahead of this, the creation of an adequate environment becomes excellent the implementation of philosophies such as Concurrent Engineering (CE) to reduce the development cycle and procedures standards that assist different teams in the storage and management of information in projects. The lack of patterns to guide the design task in the Company not only difficult the integration of the involved members, but also leads a constant problems of costs, re-works and time for fulfilment of contracts. This dissertation has the intention to demonstrate the paper of the design patterns in the integration and management of data in projects, as a way to facilitate the implementation of methodologies like Simultaneous Engineering, structures of Multi-functional Teams allies to the CAx systems (CAE/CAD/CAM/CAPP) for the management of the knowledge and reduction of the life cycle of development of projects for manufacture. To reduce the noise level in the communication between members, during the development of project, and to guarantee effectiveness in the management of information, features must be developed to avoid situations where occurred the loss of information content. According to the literature, one of the forms to reduce the bad effects of this situation is to establish procedures patterns. Furthermore, without that appeared restriction to the involved creative process in the design and the autonomy of the existing groups. This formalization can represent an alternative to the knowledge universalize and regularization of procedures, beyond the improvement of the communication processes aiming at to the implementation of methodologies of competing development as CE and CAD Systems. To lead the work, the adopted methodology was the case study being also used some principles of the research-action. They had been 18 months of research, that had culminated in a conceptual model for management and integration of information in projects. This model gave origin to a software capable to integrate the work of the teams and sectors, besides contributing in the formation of a more propitious environment to the principles of SE and optimize the utilization of existing CAD Systems. The conclusions of this work suggested the necessity to adopt a formal conceptual model that represents with allegiance the most appropriate form for the flow of information in the organization.