Lean Industria

O Lean Manufacturing revolucionou a indústria global. Nascido no Sistema Toyota de Produção, ele foca na criação de fluxo contínuo e na produção puxada pela demanda do cliente.

Ferramentas como 5S, Kanban, SMED e Trabalho Padronizado são pilares para criar operações estáveis, flexíveis e altamente eficientes, capazes de competir em qualquer mercado.

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LeanMail INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

Talent shortage: industry must learn to develop what it can no longer hire

Why the lack of qualified staff is not just an external problem but reveals management shortcomings, requiring models capable of turning operational routine into a system of learning, maturation and leadership succession

By Flávio Battaglia, Iris Cristina Pierini Bonfanti, Ricardo Itikawa

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LeanMail INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

Foundations for smart standards

Standardization is the foundation for consolidating productivity as a real competitive differentiator. Without it, there is no stability in performance and no foundation for continuous improvement. Discover how to overcome challenges and achieve more sustainable results

By Flávio Battaglia

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Lean It Up INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

Technology without purpose is an expense disguised as progress

In times of accelerated digital transformation and pressure to innovate, the difference between success and frustration lies in intentional use — the kind that creates real value for the customer and eliminates waste

By Flávio Battaglia

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LeanMail INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

“Lean Maintenance”: turning assets into competitive advantage

Keeping equipment and systems running directly influences strategy execution and the delivery of value to the customer. With a structured approach, maintenance management can become a pillar of stability, efficiency and alignment between operations and business.

By Flávio Battaglia, Luigi Gambirasio Junior

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Lean It Up INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

Toyota's 'Circular Factory' in Europe is an example of sustainability in practice

In a scenario of finite resources and growing demand for sustainable solutions, the Japanese automaker seeks to turn environmental challenges into strategic opportunities

By Flávio Battaglia

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General INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

In pursuit of the "perfect order"

Learn how Knauf, a global benchmark in prefabricated products, regained sales leadership in Brazil, impressively optimized at least 8 performance indicators, significantly transformed people's mindset and behavior and, on top of that, won an international award

By Lean Institute Brasil

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General INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

Pull production: the future of supply chains

The launch of Christoph Roser's book, All About Pull Production, inspired John Shook to discuss the origins and true meaning of 'pull production' and why it is wrong to blame JIT (Just-In-Time) for the failures of global supply chains.

By John Shook

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General INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

Lean at SMC: a “Brazilian recipe” for transforming a company worldwide

How, in just two years and on its own initiative, the Brazilian branch of one of the leading Japanese companies in the global pneumatics market achieved enviable indicators, reshaped structures, mindsets and cultures, and is thereby consolidating and boosting the organization's Brazilian and global relevance among SMC's 84 operations worldwide

By Lean Institute Brasil

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General INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

8 steps to radical quality improvement

An uncompromising quality-improvement fanatic shares his preferred method for radical breakthroughs in quality, acquired through decades of experience improving facilities in the US, Europe, Asia, Africa and Japan.

By Chet Marchwinski

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General INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

Breaking new ground in product development

INTERVIEW - Drawing on 33 years of experience working in product development at Caterpillar, the interviewee reflects on lean in engineering

By Steve Shoemaker

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General INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

Seven lean tips to improve OEE

Understand how lean can help improve one of the most important indicators in manufacturing

By Ricardo Itikawa

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General INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

People power: adapting to changing times

A people-centered approach to working, improving and adopting automation is allowing this Norwegian company to thrive in a constantly changing industry and environment.

By Eivind Reke, Havard Buhaug

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General INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

How to start a manufacturing business from scratch with lean

See how a foundry created a culture of continuous learning to solve problems and adapt quickly to market needs.

By Dariusz Dziuba

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General INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

Process improvement combined with people development brings millions in gains to CBA

Understand how CBA's focus on process improvement aligned with people development brought financial gains, reduced time and consumption, and a cultural transformation for the entire company.

By Daniel Reitano de Sá, Julio Cezar Ferreira Figueiredo, Nilson Rodrigues da Silva

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General INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

Developing people is the key to consistent results: The Simon case

See the case of this Mexican manufacturer of electrical and lighting solutions that achieved a 25% increase in productivity with the lean transformation, by investing in developing its people and leadership.

By Mauricio Rodríguez, Héctor Rincón Ortiz

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General INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

How 𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣 points toward a common purpose

This longtime Chilean supplier of comprehensive solutions for the mining industry turned to hoshin kanri to effectively connect everyone's work with the overall business strategy.

By José Pablo Domínguez

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General INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

Transforming your business starts with transforming people

This Norwegian company learned that allowing each person and area to climb their own lean learning curve can move the "firefighting business" toward more strategic thinking.

By Eivind Reke, Marcin Gaarden

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General INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

Hoshin connects business objectives with frontline objectives

This mid-sized manufacturer of low-voltage electrical devices, owned by the Siemens Group, has been experimenting with hoshin kanri. In this article, they share their experiences and lessons learned.

By Ignacio Martín Marcuello, Alberto Gandia Martinez, Oscar Embid Balsells

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General INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

A transformation fueled by a successful kaizen week

Tilibra achieves significant improvements in its processes in just one week using kaizen, a lean practice.

By Claudio Marcelo Macedo, João Marcos Linares

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General INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

Production as the mirror of the organization

The gemba tells us more than we imagine. The authors discuss what we need to examine during our walks to understand the impact of non-production functions on the overall process.

By Eivind Reke, Gert Frick

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General INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

Lessons on the Toyota Production System applied to suppliers

The former executive of Toyota's materials plant in Italy reflects on how Sadao Nomura's “Dantotsu” method helped them drastically improve quality.

By Stefano Cortiglioni

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General INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

The 𝙆𝙖𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙣 I didn't know was there

As she packs her bags to leave Botswana, the author tells us about a wonderful example of lean thinking from her past experience working in the country's tourism industry.

By Sharon Visser

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General INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

The 19-billion-dose challenge

What does it take to meet the historic challenge of rapidly increasing annual global vaccine capacity from 5 billion to 19 billion doses? And how can lean thinking help?

By Matt Zayko

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General INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

Building frontline leaders to solve problems at Nestlé

In this interview, we learn how the Technical and Production (T&P) area of Nestlé Colombia Ecuador is using Art Smalley's four types of problems framework to bring leadership closer to the gemba.

By Fabio França, Maria Fernanda Avellaneda

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General INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

HOSHIN: the link between point improvements and the lean transformation

In this article, the authors show how hoshin kanri drives the implementation and consolidation of lean as a management model through the case of locomotive manufacturer Wabtec, formerly GE Transportation.

By Bruno Mello, Bruna Pinho, Caroline Gurjão, Cid Fontana Lopez

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Lean It Up INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

“Small-batch” management sped up vaccines and should be a trend for 2021

Well-known lean management concepts can be clearly recognized in some of the strategies that were used

By Flávio Augusto Picchi

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General INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

Lean ASAP!

Some blame lean for the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the first wave of the pandemic. A small Norwegian maker of disposable sheets used lean to set up and ramp up production of medical gowns for frontline healthcare workers.

By Asgeir Nilsen, Daryl Powell

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General INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

DM expanded to all of the business's plants

In this case, we will see how it is possible to expand Daily Management (DM) to all of a business's plants through the example of a skincare manufacturing company with a presence in several locations around the world.

By Éder Ribeiro, Robson Gouveia

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General INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

My lean training is over, now what?

Taking a course or training on lean is a great way to start your implementation. But many questions arise once the course is over: what now? A flexible plastic packaging company that took part in the PPFL in the second half of last year (2019) is an example that it is possible to sustain and expand lean thinking after the course ends.

By Iris Cristina Pierini Bonfanti, Otávio Bortolo

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Lean It Up INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

Learn how “heijunka” brings consistency and productivity to companies

The Japanese word for “leveling”, which in management terms means leveling the type and quantity of production over a period so that there are neither moments of overload nor of idleness, but rather balance

By Flávio Augusto Picchi

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General INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

Personal reflections on the impact of “The Machine That Changed the World” in Brazil – 30 years later

By Lean Institute Brasil

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LeanMail INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

30 years ago, “The Machine That Changed the World” drove the spread of the lean system

This month marks three decades since the publication of the book that revealed the lean system to the world. Its concepts sparked a true revolution in countless companies and industries. And they remain valid and necessary to this day.

By Flávio Augusto Picchi

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Lean It Up INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

The book that started the spread of the lean system and changed management worldwide turns 30

The book made public the results of one of the largest studies ever conducted on the global automotive industry, carried out in the 1980s by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US

By Flávio Augusto Picchi

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General INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

When the Toyota Way meets Industry 4.0

A new industrial revolution is underway. However, the author warns us about the importance of staying “lean” throughout this journey, never losing focus on people.

By Jeffrey K. Liker

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General INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

Five lessons from the first online PPFL

Check out the main lessons shared at the closing of the first online PPFL , which we can take into our lean journey.

By Iris Cristina Pierini Bonfanti, Tamiris Masetto Manzano

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General INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING

Bringing lean to the people

This article briefly details the different stages of the lean transformation at Mercedes-Benz do Brasil, as the company seeks the best approach to engage everyone in continuous improvement.

By Vagner Agostinho Junior

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