An analysis of operational management in a multinational of industrialized mortars under the lean manufacturing principles

The main objective of this work is to analyze the operations management system of an industrial mortars company with multiple manufacturing units from the perspective of applying the Lean Manufacturing principles. It is intended to understand how these controls are deployed and show up if diagnosis...

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Autores: Barbosa, Miriam Ercelita, Ferreira, Marcelo Sales
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Brasil
Institución:Associação Brasileira de Engenharia de Produção (ABEPRO)
Repositorio:Revista Produção Online
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.producaoonline.org.br:article/3210
Acceso en línea:https://www.producaoonline.org.br/rpo/article/view/3210
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Lean Manufacturing. Operations Management. Just in time. Continuous improvement.
Lean Manufacturing. Gestão de Operações. Just in Time. Operações Padronizadas.
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Sumario:The main objective of this work is to analyze the operations management system of an industrial mortars company with multiple manufacturing units from the perspective of applying the Lean Manufacturing principles. It is intended to understand how these controls are deployed and show up if diagnosis based on the Lean management strategy is able to demonstrate opportunities for improvement in the management of production setup, total productive maintenance, pull production and continuous flow, supply chain integration, management visual, quality control, standardized operations, continuous improvement and labor flexibility. Thus, for this work, the methodology used was descriptive through the case study, using data collection and treatment applied to managers of the manufacturing units, documentary analysis, participative observation of the researcher and interviews with regional managers. The result of the survey highlighted the points with improvement opportunities.