Lean business system application in process industries - food business / Aplicação do sistema enxuto de negocios em industria de processo - alimenticia

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2005

RESUMO

Several business, specially automobile companies and theirs ramification, have been exceeding due to their great innovations related to the manufacturing system which, lately, have been converted to a corporate business philosophy, motivated by the unlimited success from Toyota Motor Corporation. However, seldom initiatives have been taken place into continuous process industries, more precisely, food segments. This work presents an entire implementation, coordinated by the author, in two distinguished food business, indicating the differences and the methodology applied in both industries. It is demonstrated the application of a business management based on the Lean Philosophy (Lean Thinking) in the Masterfoods South America ? MFSA, Snack food and Pet food division, moreover the application of some tools from this system continuously seeking for the perfection in both segments. Great results are presented in these two considerably divergent business, despite they belong to the food segment, such as lead time reduction from 114 days to 24 days and change over time reduced from 4 hours to ZERO in the chocolate line as well as petfood case the results are in the same perspective reducing the leadtime from 75 days to 14 days and change over time from 2 horas to less than 20 minutes

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alimentos - industria administração da produção gestão de negocios business management lean thinking food industry lean manufacturing

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