From TOC to lean manufacturing: a case study of production management change

Authors

  • Ricardo Aurélio Quinhões Pinto , Professor do curso de Engenharia Naval da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis (SC), Brasil. Doutorando em Engenharia Naval na Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo (SP), Brasil Author
  • Alvair Silveira Torres Júnior , Professor doutor na Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo (SP), Brasil Author
  • Ubiratã Tortato , Professor doutor na Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), São Paulo (SP), Brasil Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13037/gr.vol32n94.2312

Abstract

This study took place in a company that changed the way of managing the production from Theory of Constraints (TOC) to lean manufacturing - Toyota Production System (STP) as a baseline to establish its competitive advantage. The company, one of the leaders of metal fittings industry, has low delivery lead-time of its products as the production objective. However, to maintain this objective, while using the TOC, the company needed to take advantage of high-volume stocks to prevent themselves from market and the process uncertainties. To establish its competitive advantage and reduce production costs, the company decided to deploy a lean manufacturing system. With the completion of the research, it was found that factors related to lean manufacturing elements were heavily related to the strength of their competitive advantage. This research is exploratory, descriptive and formatted along the lines of a single case study.

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Author Biographies

  • Ricardo Aurélio Quinhões Pinto, , Professor do curso de Engenharia Naval da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis (SC), Brasil. Doutorando em Engenharia Naval na Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo (SP), Brasil
    Professor do curso de Engenharia Naval da UFSCDoutorando em Engenharia Naval na USP
  • Alvair Silveira Torres Júnior, , Professor doutor na Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo (SP), Brasil
    DoutorProfessor da USP
  • Ubiratã Tortato, , Professor doutor na Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), São Paulo (SP), Brasil
    DoutorProfessor da PUC PR

Published

2016-03-09

How to Cite

From TOC to lean manufacturing: a case study of production management change. (2016). Gestão & Regionalidade, 32(94). https://doi.org/10.13037/gr.vol32n94.2312