Uso do Lean Manufacturing para melhoria dos processos de uma indústria de confecção de vestuário feminino

Abstract

Lean manufacturing tools can be applied at different stages of production flows, resulting in more efficient production with reduced waste. Thus, this research was developed with the objective of optimizing the production processes of a small industry in the field of women's clothing in the city of Feira de Santana, Bahia, through the use of Lean Manufacturing tools. In this way, a bibliographic survey was carried out on the topic addressed and then visits were made to the factory, in order to gain greater knowledge about the production processes and to be able to carry out interviews with both the management and the employees of the sectors. Thus, points werw identified to make proposals for improvements and then apply them in the factory. After the tools were applied, the main results were identified where the reducing the wrong labeling error in parts with the use of poka-yoke; with the use of kanban, significant improvements were mande in the clarity of information for employees and greater visibility of the progrecant and gretss of the production process; the management tool enabled a great improvement in management communication with employees in the sectors and the use of 5S, generated a more organized environment and a more eficiente production flow, enabling the existence of a new scenario in the factory. For the decision-making of the research and development of the methodology, the PDCA tool was used in order to promote modifications with increasingly better, and thus develop a contínuos improvement in processes.