PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LEAN MANUFACTURING IN A MEDIUM-SIZED FURNITURE INDUSTRY: A CASE STUDY

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are very important to national economies. In Brazil, the furniture sector has many SMEs that suffer from international competition, especially from Chinese companies. To reduce this difficulty, this study provides a case study of the partial implementation o...

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Main Authors: de Oliveira, Andre Luiz Gazoli, Junior, Walter Ribeiro da Rocha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Stellenbosch University 2019-12-01
Series:South African Journal of Industrial Engineering
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Online Access:http://sajie.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/2112