Proposição de aplicação de mapeamento de fluxo de valor em uma montadora de ferramentas elétricas

Abstract

The globalization of the economy, combined with the growing requirements of consumers and wide range of products on offer, have increasingly fueled global competition. In this context, companies must adapt their systems aiming at continuous improvement of productivity, creation of flexible and sustainable systems, reduce lead time and inventories, aiming to meet customer needs. A technique of origin in Lean Manufacturing, used to seek and eliminate waste, as well as maximize the profits involved in a production process, is the Value Stream Mapping (VSM). VSM is a strategic tool that emerged at Toyota, and is capable of showing opportunities for improvement at all stages of a production chain. Thus, the objective of the present work was to develop a case study, in which the VSM was applied, to identify opportunities for improvement at an assembly line of power tools. After mapping the process and applying the VSM, the main improvement proposed for the studied process was the reduction of stock and production lead time.