New product industrialization process: monitoring and implementation of continuous improvement tools

• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira, Filipa Chapouto
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10773/38202
• topic: Standardized work; Wastes; 5S; Cycle time; Value Stream Map; Ergonomics; Automotive industry; Continuous improvement; Lean

This project was developed inside the Continuous Improvement Department of an automotive company. One of the objectives of the project was to apply continuous improvement tools to a new project that was under development and implementation, so as to, essentially, standardized the work, reduce the cycle time and improve the ergonomic conditions in the workstations. Over time it was necessary to understand the philosophy of the company, and also their method of approach to new projects. After developing the ability to use continuous improvement tools, it was possible to identify the existing main limitations as well as the points of improvement. Over time, based on a specific methodology proposed by the company, it was possible to identify the process flow as well as the necessary materials in each workstation. At the same time, work instructions were developed that allowed the development of work standards for each workstation. After the first definition, several analyses were carried out on the project, regarding both information flow and material flow. With the application of several tools, such as VSM, 5S, time measurement, standardized work and, at the same time, considering the ergonomic level of each workstation, it was possible to improve the cycle time, bringing the process closer the capacity necessary for the fulfilment of the customer's request. Finally, the future work that should be developed in order to accomplish the proposed challenge has been identified.