<b>Flexibility in the context of intelligent plant's development</b>
Globalization and competition among companies bring changes in the product development, reducing increasingly its life's cycle. Corporations are opting to world-wide products platforms, with global strategies. Besides the wider vision about corporative strategies, dynamic markets and strong com...
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2008-07-01
|
| Series: | Revista Produção Online |
| Online Access: | http://producaoonline.org.br/rpo/article/view/120 |
| _version_ | 1828482761290153984 |
|---|---|
| author | Fernando Augusto Pereira Ana Julia Dal Forno Dalvio Ferrari Tubino |
| author_facet | Fernando Augusto Pereira Ana Julia Dal Forno Dalvio Ferrari Tubino |
| author_sort | Fernando Augusto Pereira |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Globalization and competition among companies bring changes in the product development, reducing increasingly its life's cycle. Corporations are opting to world-wide products platforms, with global strategies. Besides the wider vision about corporative strategies, dynamic markets and strong competition are impacting in the medium and short term companies' demands. All these characteristics create turbulences in the organizations, but they can also convey opportunities. In order to take strategic advantage in this process, companies ought to innovate, changing the manner of planning and operating its plants. One possibility to achieve these goals is using flexibility in the manufacture. In this paper, flexibility aspects will be addressed in context of band, reply and dimension, and, how companies can apply this benefit to get better design in their plants and manufacture process, and eliminate waste.
Key-words: Flexibility, Toyota Production System, Lean Manufacturing, Intelligent Plants, Wastes’ elimination. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-11T08:21:12Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-3079eab6b04541818368db90c79d4da2 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1676-1901 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-11T08:21:12Z |
| publishDate | 2008-07-01 |
| publisher | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Revista Produção Online |
| spelling | doaj.art-3079eab6b04541818368db90c79d4da22022-12-22T01:14:39ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaRevista Produção Online1676-19012008-07-018210.14488/1676-1901.v8i2.120113<b>Flexibility in the context of intelligent plant's development</b>Fernando Augusto PereiraAna Julia Dal FornoDalvio Ferrari TubinoGlobalization and competition among companies bring changes in the product development, reducing increasingly its life's cycle. Corporations are opting to world-wide products platforms, with global strategies. Besides the wider vision about corporative strategies, dynamic markets and strong competition are impacting in the medium and short term companies' demands. All these characteristics create turbulences in the organizations, but they can also convey opportunities. In order to take strategic advantage in this process, companies ought to innovate, changing the manner of planning and operating its plants. One possibility to achieve these goals is using flexibility in the manufacture. In this paper, flexibility aspects will be addressed in context of band, reply and dimension, and, how companies can apply this benefit to get better design in their plants and manufacture process, and eliminate waste. Key-words: Flexibility, Toyota Production System, Lean Manufacturing, Intelligent Plants, Wastes’ elimination.http://producaoonline.org.br/rpo/article/view/120 |
| spellingShingle | Fernando Augusto Pereira Ana Julia Dal Forno Dalvio Ferrari Tubino <b>Flexibility in the context of intelligent plant's development</b> Revista Produção Online |
| title | <b>Flexibility in the context of intelligent plant's development</b> |
| title_full | <b>Flexibility in the context of intelligent plant's development</b> |
| title_fullStr | <b>Flexibility in the context of intelligent plant's development</b> |
| title_full_unstemmed | <b>Flexibility in the context of intelligent plant's development</b> |
| title_short | <b>Flexibility in the context of intelligent plant's development</b> |
| title_sort | b flexibility in the context of intelligent plant s development b |
| url | http://producaoonline.org.br/rpo/article/view/120 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT fernandoaugustopereira bflexibilityinthecontextofintelligentplantsdevelopmentb AT anajuliadalforno bflexibilityinthecontextofintelligentplantsdevelopmentb AT dalvioferraritubino bflexibilityinthecontextofintelligentplantsdevelopmentb |