Purpose New product development (NPD) is necessary for business sustenance and
customer satisfaction. Six Sigma and Design for Lean Six Sigma (DLSS) efficiently employ …

Organizations are increasingly required to have a high level of quality and flexibility in
production. In order to remain in the market and become competitive, the working methods …

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 …

Manual assembly lines are usually deeply studied before implementation. Nevertheless,
several problems upsurge when the product needs to be slightly changed. This is very …

The present work was carried out on a cork company that is dedicated to the production of
floating floors and its aim was to reduce by 15% the time it takes to perform series changes …

In a market as competitive as the automotive industry, it becomes increasingly important for
the organizations to adopt a culture of continuous improvement, which should cross-over all …

Over the years, there has been a huge expansion in the automotive component industry and
its consequent innovation, which has evolved along with automation and robotics …

Projects have grown into more dynamic and complex endeavors, and agile project
management should be considered as a way to deal with them. This is a novel study in this …

Over the last few years, there has been a clear evolution in the suppliers of the automotive
industry due to constant demands imposed by OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) …

To control a process means to make adjustments in order to improve the performance,
identify and fix anomalies. The statistical process control (SPC) is a solution developed to …