The Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED), a process-based innovation originally
published in the mid 1980s, involves the separation and conversion of internal setup …

In a more and more competitive and industrialized market, it is essential that companies
realize that the way forward must go through the optimization of their production processes …

Innovation plays a key role in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). Process
innovation is extensively used to improve theproduction of aproduct or loprovide a better …

In the Portuguese textile sector, the flexibilization of production activities has become
imperative for the adequacy of the response to the progressive increasing complexity of …

The market environment in which companies are included nowadays has dramatically
changed with the reduction of tax barriers, which consequently increased the …

Dentre os diversos fatores críticos de sucesso que as empresas devem considerar, destaca-
se a busca por padrões cada vez mais elevados de produtividade e qualidade. Neste …

Although Lean Thinking (LT) is becoming popular in service organizations, few studies have
applied Lean tools to the education sector. Furthermore, although inventories are one of the …

Abstract This Case Study aims to improve the availability of a critical CNC drilling machine
by implementing Lean tools. An analysis of the original scenario is performed by filming the …

Princípios e filosofia Lean 1 Pauline Balabuch (Organizadora) PRINCÍPIOS E FILOSOFIA
LEAN __________________________________________ Atena Editora 2017 Page 2 2 …

O crescente dinamismo dos mercados e a recessão económica mundial implicam, cada vez
mais, o abandono dos métodos de gestão tradicionais e a necessidade de adotar …