Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a method for assisting micro and small
companies of the industrial sector with the adoption of Lean practices. Design/methodology …

This paper carried out a systematic literature review and meta-synthesis of 72 peer-reviewed
articles and book chapters (1998–2021) that addressed front-end issues in product family …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to present a case of integration between the
processes modeling by using the Value Stream Mapping (VSM) and the Thinking Process of …

Increased demand for a greater variety of products has forced many companies to rethink
their strategies to offer more product variants without sacrificing production efficiency …

Standardized work is an effective way for process improvement, specially when it is applied
to manual tasks such as assembly lines. This tool is part of Toyota Production System and …

This article presented a value stream mapping approach based on the combination of
Shingo's production mechanism and VSM 4.0 to assist in the detailed identification of …

The main objective of this article is to point a set of practical strategies that can be adopted to
increase the capacity of constraints resources on production systems, when the constraint is …

Este estudo apresenta uma reflexão teórica a respeito dos possíveis impactos nos
indicadores da Teoria das Restrições (TOC) provocados pelas Sete Perdas abordadas no …

A busca constante em atender e suprir as necessidades dos clientes faz com que as
empresas tenham que encontrar alternativas em seus processos produtivos com objetivos …

A busca constante pela excelência no âmbito empresarial tem exigido um conhecimento
minucioso de todos os recursos da empresa, principalmente no que se refere à área …