This book aims at analyzing the trajectory of the automotive industry in Latin America, focusing on the social, economic, and political implications inherent to the establishment of this sector in countries such as Argentina, ...

This study evaluates the possibility of increasing the productivity of a vehicle painting line located in the region of Curitiba, PR, Brazil. The studied painting line has a total of 117 stations, where 30 of them are ...

Amid the gloom, indeed the despair, that prevailed among auto industry spokesmen during early 1981, we held the first U.S.-Japan Auto Conference. With all the uncertainty that accompanies a march into new territory, the ...

The automotive sector has great competitiveness and the reduction of production costs is important factor for companies to remain in the market. Using lean thinking, waste can be reduced, and productivity increased, ...

The following work presents the development of a Box Truck (Testing Stand for Electrical and Electronics Components) in the Electrical Englineering Department at Volvo do Brasil. This work has as objective: to develop, to ...

Esta tesis tratará de explica los principales factores que impulsaron o mantuvieron la brecha o asimetría entre Argentina y Brasil en la producción de automóviles (autos particulares, comerciales livianos, camiones y ...

As the quality standards of the automotive industry are constantly increasing, it is also necessary to increase the quality of the parts produced and shipped to the automobile manufacturers. For air conditioning pipes, it ...