Lean manufacturing techniques aim to improve the business processes. In recent times, the
ever-increasing attention to aspects of economic, social and above all environmental …

Purpose Lean management is a suitable methodology for companies that want to improve
their productive performance and competitiveness. This study aims to research levels of …

The idea of continuous improvement is getting more and more popular in the global
economy. More companies are starting to notice the need to improve the quality of products …

This paper concerns Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) which is one of lean tools
applied for reduction of change over time on machines. It is a review paper on the basis of …

Technological innovations aim to improve manufacturing processes. In recent times, ever‐
increasing attention to economic, social and above all, environmental sustainability …

The method of powder injection into molten metal has been widely known since tens of
years and successfully utilized in various metallurgical processes. The most common is a …

El presente proyecto propone disminuir el stock de producto terminado y el IR empezando
por los cinco productos VIP (electrodos revestidos convencionales); debido a que el stock …

Cleaner Production is an important approach to be applied in small foundries, as it offers
viable alternatives for improvements in their production processes, allowing economic and …

The paper presents the technology and organization of the artistic cast production. On the
basis of the actual cast production system, the manufacturing process was shown, in …

Manufacturing companies implement lean to enhance their competitiveness and meet the
ever changing demands of the globalized markets. Literature suggests that when lean tools …