PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LEAN MANUFACTURING IN A MEDIUM-SIZED FURNITURE INDUSTRY: A CASE STUDY

Authors

  • Andre Luiz Gazoli de Oliveira Industrial and Systems Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil & Industrial Engineering, Federal University of Parana, Jandaia do Sul, Brazil
  • Walter Ribeiro da Rocha Junior Instituto SENAI de Tecnologia em Madeira e Mobiliário, Arapongas, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7166/30-4-2112

Keywords:

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), Lean Manufacturing, Lean Furniture framework

Abstract

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are very important to national economies. In Brazil, the furniture sector has many SMEs that suffer from international competition, especially from Chinese companies. To reduce this difficulty, this study provides a case study of the partial implementation of lean manufacturing (LM) in a medium-sized furniture industry with the aim of increasing productivity. As a result, the company increased its productivity by 27 per cent in the drilling sector. In addition, the case study shows how to implement LM in a medium-sized furniture industry, demonstrating the need to adapt the system to companies outside the automobile sector.

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Published

2019-12-12

How to Cite

Gazoli de Oliveira, A. L., & Ribeiro da Rocha Junior, W. (2019). PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LEAN MANUFACTURING IN A MEDIUM-SIZED FURNITURE INDUSTRY: A CASE STUDY. The South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, 30(4), 172–188. https://doi.org/10.7166/30-4-2112

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Case Studies