Analyzing the Implementation of Lean Methodologies and Practices in the Portuguese Industry: A Survey

The mass production paradigm on which much of the industry was based has changed. The market is increasingly demanding, requesting diversity and products that are more and more adapted to personal wishes and requirements. This implies producing a greater diversity of products in smaller quantities....

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Published in:Sustainability 2022-02, Vol.14 (3), p.1929
Main Authors: Pinto, Carla M. A., Mendonça, Jorge, Babo, Lurdes, Silva, Francisco J. G., Fernandes, José L. R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assembly lines
Cables
Competitiveness
Efficiency
Manufacturing
Mass production
Methods
Polls & surveys
Product development
Productivity
Six Sigma
Sustainability
Work stations
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Summary:The mass production paradigm on which much of the industry was based has changed. The market is increasingly demanding, requesting diversity and products that are more and more adapted to personal wishes and requirements. This implies producing a greater diversity of products in smaller quantities. Competitiveness is enormous, which forces most companies to be truly effective and efficient, taking care of product quality, delivery time, and final cost. Lean methodologies have been a valuable aid in this field. The diversity of Lean tools has been shown to have answers to the most diverse challenges, and companies are aware of this, increasingly adopting methodologies and processes that aim to progressively reduce waste and adapting their production paradigm to what the market requires. This work intends to provide a vision, as global as possible, of the pathway of Lean implementation in the Portuguese industry. For this purpose, a survey was carried out with a significant sample of Portuguese industrial companies from a wide range of activity sectors. The data collected through the survey were treated statistically, and then a SWOT analysis of the results was performed, which provided a collection of precious information on the evolution of industrial companies in Portugal.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su14031929