Produção lean: análise e proposta de melhorias para uma indústria de confecção do estado da bahia – estudo de caso

Abstract

It’s essential for an industry's continuity, the maintenance of its cost. Only then can you remain competitive with the world market. The methodology of Lean Manufacturing since the 90's has been adopted worldwide, in search of results that better serve customers and managed to keep the operation at a competitive cost. Developed within Toyota, it united the Asian culture with the production studies, focusing on the customer. The purpose of any company is to meet the needs of its customer, so efforts are directed to the organization to serve its customers well. The market is dynamic and the adaptations in the industries also need to be to maintain its profitability. Although it seems simple and inexpensive, its implementation and success depends on a lot of discipline at all levels of the company. This study shows the case of a clothing company that with simple changes in one of its sectors has the possibility of having a better and more organized result, based on the application of Lean tools. The layout and its operations have been mapped out to present suggestions that will improve the day to day business of the company in search of reduction of the time of crossing. Strategies like these, based on this methodology, can help a company to update itself according to its demand that tends to be more and more varied.