出版社：Departamento de Engenharia de Produção e Sistemas
摘要：This paper features a field research in a Wood Company located in the city of Ponta Grossa,
State of Paraná, which from 2000 on started producing two items named “clear blocks” and
“blanks”. They were exclusively destined to exportation and in the internal market only the
sub products, which resulted from the process, were sold. Then, there was a change in the
production profile due to the acquisition of the “Finger joint” machine, which is specific for
the achievement of one of the most important stages in wood benefaction. Thus, this study
shows how Product Engineering is important for the growth of a company, which was small
and turned out to be an important exportation corporation
