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Japanese industries had been developed quality improvement programs since the 1950s, developing long terms in Quality Engineering. Considering A3 Thinking and following Toyota’s original idea, every business problem can and should be captured on a single sheet of paper. Therefore, a case study was carried out in company located at Panambi, RS–Brazil. The first step was a pilot project in a specific product line, with the objective of knowing the Lean philosophy. After the results of this step, the method developed for the implementation of the Lean philosophy were structured in projects with a duration from 10 to 12 months, conducted by a multidisciplinary team. At the end, it is noted that the company has expanded and implemented the Lean philosophy for 25% of its production lines and 10% of its employees have already qualified for participation in any of the 11 projects developed over the last 3 years.
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Guimaraes, G.E., Schmidt, F., Benetti, V., Duarte, L.C.S., Monaro, R. (2019). Analysis of the Results of Lean Manufacturing Implementation in a Metal-Mechanical Company from Panambi–Rio Grande do Sul–Brazil. In: Mula, J., Barbastefano, R., Díaz-Madroñero, M., Poler, R. (eds) New Global Perspectives on Industrial Engineering and Management. Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93488-4_31
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