STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL IN A SUPERMARKET CHAIN OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE, BRAZIL

Purpose: This article aims to analyze the level of losses due to damage in a supermarket chain to understand the reason for these occurrences. Methodology/Approach: From data collected in May 2018, a survey of the most critical departments and items with the highest percentage of losses was perfo...

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Main Authors: André Luiz Sena da Rocha, Marcelo Barbosa de Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca 2019-12-01
Series:Revista Produção e Desenvolvimento
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Online Access:https://revistas.cefet-rj.br/index.php/producaoedesenvolvimento/article/view/381
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description Purpose: This article aims to analyze the level of losses due to damage in a supermarket chain to understand the reason for these occurrences. Methodology/Approach: From data collected in May 2018, a survey of the most critical departments and items with the highest percentage of losses was performed and statistical control was applied from the p graph. A case study in the capital of Rio Grande do Norte. Findings: It was found that 84.6% of losses were concentrated in the meat, dairy, beverages, eggs and grocery departments. It was also found that the fraction non-conforming of losses is out of statistical control, which led to the interruption of monitoring. Research Limitation/implication: The data provided by the company, as the reason for each breakdown of the items was not informed. Thus, without this information, quality control was interrupted. Originality/Value of paper: This work lies in the gap of the Brazilian literature on the application of statistical quality control in losses by damaged products in a supermarket chain, since there are numerous studies that analyzed losses in supermarkets in Brazil. None of them performed damage monitoring, using the control chart p.
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spelling doaj.art-1029e212193f416e9c1fb38d427214e22022-12-21T20:05:44ZporCentro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da FonsecaRevista Produção e Desenvolvimento2446-95802019-12-01510.32358/rpd.2019.v5.381381STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL IN A SUPERMARKET CHAIN OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE, BRAZILAndré Luiz Sena da Rocha0Marcelo Barbosa de Oliveira1Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-ÁridoUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do NortePurpose: This article aims to analyze the level of losses due to damage in a supermarket chain to understand the reason for these occurrences. Methodology/Approach: From data collected in May 2018, a survey of the most critical departments and items with the highest percentage of losses was performed and statistical control was applied from the p graph. A case study in the capital of Rio Grande do Norte. Findings: It was found that 84.6% of losses were concentrated in the meat, dairy, beverages, eggs and grocery departments. It was also found that the fraction non-conforming of losses is out of statistical control, which led to the interruption of monitoring. Research Limitation/implication: The data provided by the company, as the reason for each breakdown of the items was not informed. Thus, without this information, quality control was interrupted. Originality/Value of paper: This work lies in the gap of the Brazilian literature on the application of statistical quality control in losses by damaged products in a supermarket chain, since there are numerous studies that analyzed losses in supermarkets in Brazil. None of them performed damage monitoring, using the control chart p.https://revistas.cefet-rj.br/index.php/producaoedesenvolvimento/article/view/381lossessupermarketsstatistical quality controlnonconformingabc curve
spellingShingle André Luiz Sena da Rocha
Marcelo Barbosa de Oliveira
STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL IN A SUPERMARKET CHAIN OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE, BRAZIL
Revista Produção e Desenvolvimento
losses
supermarkets
statistical quality control
nonconforming
abc curve
title STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL IN A SUPERMARKET CHAIN OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE, BRAZIL
title_full STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL IN A SUPERMARKET CHAIN OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE, BRAZIL
title_fullStr STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL IN A SUPERMARKET CHAIN OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE, BRAZIL
title_full_unstemmed STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL IN A SUPERMARKET CHAIN OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE, BRAZIL
title_short STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL IN A SUPERMARKET CHAIN OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE, BRAZIL
title_sort statistical quality control in a supermarket chain of rio grande do norte brazil
topic losses
supermarkets
statistical quality control
nonconforming
abc curve
url https://revistas.cefet-rj.br/index.php/producaoedesenvolvimento/article/view/381
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