SMED implementation in electron beam machine applied in automotive industry

• Autor(a) principal: Robalo, Marc Martins
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/5799
• topic: Irradiador; Lean Manufacturing; Máquina de Feixe de Electrões; Setup; Smed; Domínio/Área Científica::Engenharia e Tecnologia::Gestão Industrial

Similar to the invention of the air plane, the emergence of automobile had a tremendous impact in our today lives. The innovation and the more sudden market fluctuation of the global market obliged to a quicker response to the supplier (independently of the tier), to be agile and give a quick answer to their client requests. Since that we can consider that the automotive industry is inserted in one of the most competitive market where the smallest modification in a setup is part of the solution to the success of the company. New philosophies, such as Lean, with innovative methods and business models can be able to reduce costs and increase productivity, eliminating all non-value-added activities (wastes) through continuous improvement. Those philosophy should be implemented carefully since their failure can lead to tremendous loss who can be irreparable. Some characteristics are primordial, softs skills such as commitment, communication, skills and an open-mind to modify/erase/create activities and mindset are the root and the key to success. The review done for this thesis shown that it already exists lot of SMED implementation program in automotive industry (where the tool born) but also in an important variety of industries. Anyway, not of them was done in electron beam machine (or irradiator) independently of his purpose (an irradiator can be used for a wide range of industry and services). Succinctly, this project will be developed as a case study in a tier one automotive supplier.