DIRETIVAS INFLUENCIADAS PELO SISTEMA TOYOTA DE PRODUÇÃO PARA CONCEPÇÃO DO PROJETO DE ARQUITETURA FABRIL

Abstract

This research aims to elaborate directives influenced by the principles of management of the Toyota Production System (TPS) for the design of the industrial architecture project. The purpose is to contribute with the elaboration of the factory architecture project using orientations based on the positive results of TPS. The methodological approach chosen for the development of this dissertation was the Design Science Research Methodology (DSRM), directed to technological research. The research explains that the production management is based on principles that need a correct organization of the space, study and methodologies in the design of the architecture projects of the factory buildings. In addition, the work considers the possibility of the designed physical space to contribute with solutions to the organizational demands and to facilitate the application of the productive system. The research is focused in the relations between the guiding principles of the TPS and the complexities of the factory projects. With the application of DSRM, at first a theoretical review on the factory building and the most relevant principles of the TPS is carried out. Then an analysis of the relationship of the two concepts from a conceptual map establishes the design and development of a proposed Toyota Architecture Directive (DAFT). In a third moment, this set of directives is submitted to the eyes of eight experts working in the area of architecture and industry, through semistructured interviews. This evaluation allows the refinement of the set of 14 directives (DAFT) for final presentation. In the discussion of the directives by the experts interviewed the opinions link the production management with the need to study the factory space as a whole, in an interactive way. At all times, it is evident that the complexity of projects and manufacturing facilities requires specific study methodologies to solve organizational problems. As a result of the research, we also obtained evidence that the directives from the TPS tools, for the most part, can be applied in several industrial projects, considering that some experts work with other systems and considered them relevant. In this way, the DAFT can represent to the organizational challenges a possible discussion proposal to assist in the decision making in all stages of the design of the industrial architecture project.