Lean prototype production management: a framework proposal

• Autor(a) principal: Correia, João Miguel de Oliveira Esteves
• 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/10773/17424
• topic: Gestão da produção; Minimização de resíduos

With the increase of international competition in global markets, a strive for higher quality goods is present in the companies. To sustain and improve market share, companies must produce high quality products in a low-cost perspective and make them available in the market within the shortest time possible. In order to assure that only the best products go to the market, prototypes must be built and tested, iterations and corrections must be made. However, the ability to create feasible prototypes requires a non-standard manufacturing value stream, in order to embrace open creativity, using processes without a focus on the production optimization, but capable of achieving a wide range of product transformations, where each operation might be unique. This thesis presents a proposal of a new Lean Prototype Production Management framework, which outlines results in a manufacturing company, providing better understanding on how Lean Thinking application impacts prototype production management.