Identificação de oportunidades de melhorias com auxílio do lean manufacturing para redução de desperdícios em uma indústria de lã: um estudo de caso

Abstract

Companies and people are always looking for improvement due to the great competitiveness that exists in the job market and for that they seek tools that are adequate to their main values that contribute to achieving the objectives and provide a continuous improvement of processes. One of the ways to contribute to the continuous improvement of processes is through the philosophy created by Toyota in Japan in 1950 called Lean Manufacturing, which presents the idea of eliminating losses, and with that the process activities flow better, promoting the increased productivity and profitability. Thus, as in other segments, the Textile Industry seeks to optimize costs, improve quality and reduce development, production and delivery times. Thus, based on the concepts of Lean Manufacturing and the elaboration of the value stream map, the objective of this study is to analyze the productive process of a textile industry located in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul, through a case study. For this, an applied research was carried out, with a qualitative approach. The objectives were outlined in a descriptive and exploratory way, focusing on the elimination of waste in order to increase productivity. Thus, a future situation demonstrating the benefits of these improvements was proposed. This was possible by identifying and separating the processes that add value to the organization from those that do not, allowing the company to develop a more efficient and effective performance, optimizing its resources and achieving superior results.