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Impact of Lean Manufacturing on Productivity and Quality in a Food Company

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Engineering Digital Transformation

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This paper describes a project to increase a food manufacturer’s productivity by applying several Lean Manufacturing techniques to the company’s manufacturing organization and production quality. As a conclusion, the paper highlights the company’s developed performance as a result of addressing such issues as clean and order at the workplace, machinery breakdowns, and quick tools changeover.

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  1. Research Group “Industrial Engineering”, ETSII, Technical University of Cartagena, C/Dr. Fleming, s/n, 30202, Cartagena, Spain

    M. Victoria de la Fuente Aragón & Lorenzo Ros-McDonnell

  2. Dpto. Organización de Empresas, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Camí de Vera, s/n, 46021, Valencia, Spain

    Manuel Cardós Carboneras

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  1. M. Victoria de la Fuente Aragón
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Correspondence to M. Victoria de la Fuente Aragón .

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  1. Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

    Ángel Ortiz

  2. Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

    Carlos Andrés Romano

  3. Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

    Raul Poler

  4. Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

    José-Pedro García-Sabater

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de la Fuente Aragón, M.V., Ros-McDonnell, L., Carboneras, M.C. (2019). Impact of Lean Manufacturing on Productivity and Quality in a Food Company. In: Ortiz, Á., Andrés Romano, C., Poler, R., García-Sabater, JP. (eds) Engineering Digital Transformation. Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96005-0_20

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