LEAN PRACTICES ADOPTION LEVEL: APPLIED STUDY IN COMPANIES AT RIO GRANDE DO SUL STATE OF BRAZIL

Authors

  • Fabio Antonio Sartori Piran
  • Guilherme Sperling Trapp
  • Kelly Cristina Dias
  • Camila Timm Neves
  • Fabiano de Lima Nunes

Keywords:

Lean Manufacturing, level of use, quantitative analysis, lean production

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to verify the level of use of lean practices in companies of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The analysis was taking in companies in this state of several expertise fields. For development of work was propose a study by implementing a structured questionnaire to measure the level of use of lean practices. Among the key conclusions, it was finding a low use of kanban tool and downs efforts to reduce lots. It was also possible to identify that the policy of incentives to employees affects the level of use of various practices.

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Published

2016-07-28

How to Cite

Piran, F. A. S., Trapp, G. S., Dias, K. C., Neves, C. T., & Nunes, F. de L. (2016). LEAN PRACTICES ADOPTION LEVEL: APPLIED STUDY IN COMPANIES AT RIO GRANDE DO SUL STATE OF BRAZIL. Latin American Journal of Business Management, 7(1). Retrieved from https://www.lajbm.com.br/journal/article/view/329

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2016)

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