Implementation of Lean Manufacturing System in a machining company in the city of Igarassu-PE

• Autor(a) principal: De Lima, Mariana Cecilia
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: De Araújo, Rogério Pontes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Engenharia e Pesquisa Aplicada
• Texto Completo: http://revistas.poli.br/index.php/repa/article/view/1668

The Lean Manufacturing management philosophy, also known as "Toyota Production System", presents tools that aim to add more value to the product or process, obtaining greater profitability and the lowest possible cost. This work aims to conduct a case study through the implementation of Lean Manufacturing Methodology in a production line of a metalmechanical industry in Igarassu-PE, in order to increase productivity and reduce waste, proposing improvements through tools of the Lean system. For this article, a methodology of a descriptive and exploratory character was used, having as means of investigation the bibliographic research and the case study with the presentation of proposals for improvements and results achieved. After the implementation of the Lean Manufacturing system in the sector studied, the gains achieved were the reduction of 23% of the area used, the reduction of 58% in the intermediate stock and the increase in productivity by 57%, thus showing the importance and applicability of this system for the industry. Key-words: Lean Manufacturing; Productivity; Continuous improvement.