Application of Lean Manufacturing Tools in the Food and Beverage Industries

Recent years have shown an increasing use of lean manufacturing (LM) principles and tools in several industrial sectors. Already a well-established management philosophy, it has shown numerous successful applications even outside production environments. This work presents the application of some LM...

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Autores principales:	Borges Lopes,Rui, Freitas,Filipa, Sousa,Inês
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios 2015
Materias:	lean manufacturing food and beverage industries process innovation case studies
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-272420150003000132015-11-20Application of Lean Manufacturing Tools in the Food and Beverage IndustriesBorges Lopes,RuiFreitas,FilipaSousa,Inês lean manufacturing food and beverage industries process innovation case studies Recent years have shown an increasing use of lean manufacturing (LM) principles and tools in several industrial sectors. Already a well-established management philosophy, it has shown numerous successful applications even outside production environments. This work presents the application of some LM tools, and the corresponding shift in philosophy, in two Portuguese companies of the food and beverage industries. Main implementation issues are presented and discussed; followed by the results obtained from the application of LM tools in the production system of these companies. Significant gains are obtained in both companies and, more importantly, it instills a continuous improvement culture and increases production flexibility while reducing lead times.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y NegociosJournal of technology management & innovation v.10 n.3 20152015-10-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-27242015000300013en10.4067/S0718-27242015000300013
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description	Recent years have shown an increasing use of lean manufacturing (LM) principles and tools in several industrial sectors. Already a well-established management philosophy, it has shown numerous successful applications even outside production environments. This work presents the application of some LM tools, and the corresponding shift in philosophy, in two Portuguese companies of the food and beverage industries. Main implementation issues are presented and discussed; followed by the results obtained from the application of LM tools in the production system of these companies. Significant gains are obtained in both companies and, more importantly, it instills a continuous improvement culture and increases production flexibility while reducing lead times.
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title	Application of Lean Manufacturing Tools in the Food and Beverage Industries
title_short	Application of Lean Manufacturing Tools in the Food and Beverage Industries
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publisher	Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios
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Application of Lean Manufacturing Tools in the Food and Beverage Industries

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