Tesis
Um levantamento das práticas de Manufatura Enxuta em pequenas e médias empresas no Brasil
Fecha
2014-05-29Autor
Hayashi, Ana Paula
Institución
Resumen
Qualitative studies show that Lean Manufacturing implementation in Small and Medium
Enterprises (SME) is performed in an informal way. Within this context, the main goal of
this paper is to investigate the most commonly used Lean Manufacturing practices that are
being implemented within Brazilian SME’s companies. In addition, this paper also aims at
presenting what is lean manufacturing in the view of SME in Brazil. The research method
used in this paper was an exploratory survey. The results show that the studied companies
use practices in a fragmented way, not having a holistic view of lean manufacturing which
is considered as being one of the most important part of such philosophy. This represents
an opportunity for the studied companies.