Analysis of lean production implantation in brazilian agricultural machines and implements companies: cases / Análise de casos de implementação de produção enxuta em empresas brasileiras de máquinas e implementos agrícolas

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

Organizations are looking nowadays for a competitive advantage to better assist their customers’ needs through the implantation of more efficient productive processes. In this context, lean production concepts are helping brazilian companies to discover the differential through the processes and products improvement. This work shows how the agricultural machines and implements companies are implementing this concept, which practices that are being used and the results obtained until the moment. For that, nine cases were researched, at eight companies in the State of São Paulo and one in the State of Paraná, through the use of an especially designed questionnaire. The work also presents a critical analysis of the implantation and makes suggestions for future studies, in way to aid the sector and to fortify the dissemination of the lean production concepts.

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lean production produção enxuta agricultural machines and implements companies empresas de máquinas e implementos agrícolas

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