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Application of Lean Manufacturing Tools in the Food and Beverage Industries

dc.creatorLopes, Rui Borges
dc.creatorFreitas, Filipa
dc.creatorSousa, Inês
dc.date2015-10-24
dc.identifierhttps://www.jotmi.org/index.php/GT/article/view/1863
dc.identifier10.4067/S0718-27242015000300013
dc.descriptionRecent 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.en-US
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherFacultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad Alberto Hurtadoen-US
dc.relationhttps://www.jotmi.org/index.php/GT/article/view/1863/987
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2015 Journal of Technology Management & Innovationen-US
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0en-US
dc.sourceJournal of Technology Management & Innovation; Vol. 10 No. 3 (2015); 120-130en-US
dc.sourceJournal of Technology Management & Innovation; Vol. 10 Núm. 3 (2015); 120-130es-ES
dc.source0718-2724
dc.subjectlean manufacturingen-US
dc.subjectfood and beverage industriesen-US
dc.subjectprocess innovationen-US
dc.subjectcase studies.en-US
dc.titleApplication of Lean Manufacturing Tools in the Food and Beverage Industriesen-US
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.typePeer-reviewed Articleen-US


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