The implementation and use of the "5s" and Kaizen program for the management of sewing offices of a middle family company

A century that defined the price of its product was the company. Today, in the 21st century, who defines the price is the market. That is why one of the managers' roles today is to look after maintenance and seek continuous improvements in order to reduce costs so that profits are maintained or raised. This article deals precisely with this, through the statistics applied to performance and quality indicators. Before starting the kaizen process, this article discusses the implementation of 5S in the target company of the case study in order to organize and standardize the processes. After 5S, the kaizen was implanted and data were collected that were treated statistically. It was concluded that the system was confirmed by the statistical results after the treatment and analysis of the data, and that the main purpose of these two tools, 5S and Kaizen, is to improve competitiveness and why not say, Have more assurance of the company's sustainability

Digital manufacturing, industry 4.0, clould computing and thing internet: Brazilian contextualization and reality

The digital era represents significant changes in the design of IT projects with an emphasis on digital infrastructure, especially in terms of investment and professional qualification, which requires, in Brazil, the creation of specific lines of financing by government development agencies. The creation of demonstration platforms could be an effective initiative to stimulate the dissemination of the concept and the establishment of partnerships between customers and suppliers of new technologies. On the other hand, and particularly for the consumer market, corporations can create new business models and modify their relationships with their consumers, users and even competitors. In fact, today, "Thing Internet" has come to significantly modify the paradigms of perception, production and distribution of the capitalist world. This article discusses, covering and understanding the main reasons for the existence of this gap between theory and practice regarding digital manufacturing and adjacencies, the perspectives of technological innovations in the digital era specifically in Brazil. Its content is the result of a bibliographical review carried out from April to June 2016

MAPEAMENTO DO FLUXO DE VALOR COMO FERRAMENTA DE DIAGNÓSTICO DE DESPERDÍCIOS E PROPOSTAS DE MELHORIAS: UM ESTUDO DE CASO NUMA INDÚSTRIA MOVELEIRA

É sabido que o mapeamento do fluxo de valor é uma ferramenta de grande importância para identificação de desperdícios no processo produtivo. Desperdícios estes que podem ser com material parado, estoque em processo ou de produto acabado, ociosidades, gargalos, movimentações desnecessárias, dentre outras. O mapeamento do fluxo de valor veio desencadeado pelo Lean Manufacturing com objetivo de diagnosticar desperdícios e mostrar de forma clara e coesa onde eles se encontram. A partir do mapeamento do estado atual consegue-se chegar aos pontos de desperdícios e assim propor melhorias. Com as melhorias se projeta o mapeamento do estado futuro, demonstrando os ganhos esperados e/ou alcançados, caso o mesmo já tenha sido implantado. Este artigo tem como objetivo central apresentar uma breve revisão bibliográfica sobre o mapeamento do fluxo de valor e aplica-lo em forma de estudo de caso numa indústria moveleira do interior paulista para demonstrar a real e importante aplicabilidade do mesmo com foco em redução de desperdícios e de custos

Digital manufacturing, industry 4.0, clould computing and thing internet: Brazilian contextualization and reality

The digital era represents significant changes in the design of IT projects with an emphasis on digital infrastructure, especially in terms of investment and professional qualification, which requires, in Brazil, the creation of specific lines of financing by government development agencies. The creation of demonstration platforms could be an effective initiative to stimulate the dissemination of the concept and the establishment of partnerships between customers and suppliers of new technologies. On the other hand, and particularly for the consumer market, corporations can create new business models and modify their relationships with their consumers, users and even competitors. In fact, today, "Thing Internet" has come to significantly modify the paradigms of perception, production and distribution of the capitalist world. This article discusses, covering and understanding the main reasons for the existence of this gap between theory and practice regarding digital manufacturing and adjacencies, the perspectives of technological innovations in the digital era specifically in Brazil. Its content is the result of a bibliographical review carried out from April to June 2016

In search of tools for the use of Country-Image (CI) in the brand

Existing country image (CI) literature tends to focus on consumer behaviour. In contrast, this paper approaches CI from the point of view of the firm. In doing so, it seeks to identify the means by which international companies associate a brand with a specific country of origin in order to build brand values. In particular, it looks at the use of CI cues in brand strategies. The paper is based on exploratory research comprising a case study of two contrasting companies from the cosmetics industry, Natura, a domestic company, and the French-owned L’Occitane, both of which draw on images of Brazil to build their brands. Specific elements of CI used in branding are identified, and the extent to which the use of these differs depending on the origin of the owning company is explored. The cases suggest that CI can be exploited in different contexts. Through analysis of the elements used by both companies to build strong brands associated with the Brazilian CI—Natura Cosméticos and L’Occitane au Brésil—six tools are identified that can be combined by firms to deliver brand values, derived from any country, through the use of CI

Digital manufacturing, industry 4.0, clould computing and thing internet: Brazilian contextualization and reality

The digital era represents significant changes in the design of IT projects with an emphasis on digital infrastructure, especially in terms of investment and professional qualification, which requires, in Brazil, the creation of specific lines of financing by government development agencies. The creation of demonstration platforms could be an effective initiative to stimulate the dissemination of the concept and the establishment of partnerships between customers and suppliers of new technologies. On the other hand, and particularly for the consumer market, corporations can create new business models and modify their relationships with their consumers, users and even competitors. In fact, today, "Thing Internet" has come to significantly modify the paradigms of perception, production and distribution of the capitalist world. This article discusses, covering and understanding the main reasons for the existence of this gap between theory and practice regarding digital manufacturing and adjacencies, the perspectives of technological innovations in the digital era specifically in Brazil. Its content is the result of a bibliographical review carried out from April to June 2016

The implementation and use of the "5s" and Kaizen program for the management of sewing offices of a middle family company

A century that defined the price of its product was the company. Today, in the 21st century, who defines the price is the market. That is why one of the managers' roles today is to look after maintenance and seek continuous improvements in order to reduce costs so that profits are maintained or raised. This article deals precisely with this, through the statistics applied to performance and quality indicators. Before starting the kaizen process, this article discusses the implementation of 5S in the target company of the case study in order to organize and standardize the processes. After 5S, the kaizen was implanted and data were collected that were treated statistically. It was concluded that the system was confirmed by the statistical results after the treatment and analysis of the data, and that the main purpose of these two tools, 5S and Kaizen, is to improve competitiveness and why not say, Have more assurance of the company's sustainability

Geração de quadros de horários para estudantes de medicina: um estudo de caso em uma universidade no sul do Brasil

Este trabalho apresenta um estudo de caso sobre a elaboração de um quadro de horários para um curso de medicina na região Sul do Brasil. Especificamente, o estudo foca no agendamento de aulas práticas para grupos de alunos de uma mesma turma, levando em consideração a limitação de espaço nos locais de prática. Os grupos de alunos podem ser divididos ou fracionados conforme a necessidade. Um modelo Mixed Integer Programming (MIP) é proposto para determinar os agendamentos, com foco na minimização de três critérios de qualidade estabelecidos pela instituição de ensino: (i) a quantidade de agendamentos com fracionamento dos grupos, (ii) o tempo necessário para cada grupo concluir cada disciplina, e (iii) o período consecutivo sem aulas da mesma disciplina para cada grupo. Seis experimentos computacionais foram realizados e os resultados obtidos demonstram que é possível obter uma redução de aproximadamente 91,35% no número de fracionamentos em comparação com o processo manual, que pode levar semanas para a mesma tarefa

Comparação e validação do modelo de valores humanos

Neste estudo, pretendemos confirmar a adequação da Escala de Valores de Schwartz (EVS) à realidade portuguesa e europeia tendo por base os dados utilizados pelo European Social Survey (ESS) e comparar os resultados obtidos nos dois casos. Para avaliar a adequação da EVS procedeu-se a uma análise fatorial confirmatória no âmbito das equações estruturais. Os resultados obtidos inicialmente revelaram que a adaptação da EVS é melhor à amostra europeia do que ao caso de Portugal.N/