Brazilian automotive market has been growing faster than ever. In order to react properly to market increasing demand in terms of volume and diversity, production systems have to be carefully designed. Traditional manufacturing tends to react to demand increase by outsourcing or investing in new equipments or facilities. Lean thinking suggests that by reducing waste along the value stream it is possible to increase flexibility and freed resources to reduce the investment level required to cope customer’s needs. This paper presents two cases of a system redesign based on the lean manufacturing principles to support the demand.
Application of Lean Manufacturing to React to Fast Market Growth
Sae Technical Papers
2008 SAE Brasil Congress and Exhibit ; 2008
2008-10-07
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
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