Análise da eficiência do método Transpork: um estudo de caso voltado para avaliar os impactos da solução

Abstract

The quality of the live load logistics process is one of the main bottlenecks in production chains, as they expose animals to various challenges such as injuries, fatigue and mortality, causing damage to the animal protein business segment. In the case of pigs, transport, in the finishing phase, is the most critical period of their lives. Within this sector, in addition to the numerous losses and lack of standardization of logistics services, a major problem is the lack of data for the decision-making process. To reduce such problems, the Transpork solution was created, a system that innovates in the preslaughter handling of pigs, providing speed and reliability to management, through a module onboard the truck responsible for collecting data such as: temperature, humidity, shipping time and unloading of animals, curves and sudden braking, sudden accelerations, distance traveled, average speed and stopped time, and a platform that receives customer data, generates shipment plans, provides and presents animal welfare reports of transport, in addition to to develop a pre-slaughter handling self-control program. The present study sought to analyze the efficiency of this method, from the implementation of the system in a cold storage unit located in the western region of Paraná, identifying the impacts generated by the solution in the daily operation of the cold storage room. For this, a descriptive and explanatory research was carried out, based on quantitative data obtained through the Transpork system and secondary data already published and made available in the refrigerator's database, object of this study. Such data were grouped and descriptive statistics analysis was applied to them. From the data analysis, it can be seen that the system was functional in the collection, data analysis and delivery of animal welfare reports to the slaughterhouse. The Transpork system was able to meet, in parts, the requirements of Chapter VI of the Self-Control Program in Animal Welfare of Ordinance 365 of MAPA. It was also concluded that the slaughterhouse, object of this study, showed little commitment from the leaders in the analysis of the reports and coordination of the employees who filled out the system. This suggests that managers did not consider the system essential for the industry at the time. Such conclusions were interpreted by the author at the end of this work. Finally, future investigations covering a longer period of research are recommended, as well as a greater number of slaughterhouses involving different logistical systems, with the aim of collecting more data and obtaining more consistent results to finally support the arguments weighted by the author.