IMPLANTAÇÃO DO LEAN MANUFACTURING PARA AUMENTO DE PRODUTIVIDADE EM UMA EMPRESA DE REATORES

Abstract

This paper deals with the choice of a given production system by a company and is the result of a strategic decision made according to the objectives that the company seeks to achieve within its market reality. The form of management will directly affect the performance of the production system, with respect to the competitive aspects of manufacturing such as: cost, quality, delivery speed, reliability and flexibility. Thus, the success of a company's productive system will depend on the set of factors such as: structure, human resources, level of automation and management system. This work was developed in a reactor manufacturer, where the main objective was to answer the following question: Does the Lean philosophy help reduce waste and consequently increase productivity? And also to program the basic and introductory concepts of Lean Manufacturing to increase productivity through bibliographic review of the subject. Within this context, changes were proposed in the company with a view to implanting the Lean Manufacturing to increase productivity. It was postulated that the philosophy Lean Manufacturing is adequate and necessary to establish methods of reducing waste and consequently increase productivity in companies.