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- Identification and characterization of iImprovement opportunities in industrial processesPublication . Oliveira, Ana Carolina Guimarães de; Matos, Paulo; Leitão, PauloFlexibility in responding to demand has become a major challenge for industries today. To achieve customer expectations, organizations must be flexible enough to offer a wide range of products and services that are available at any time and with the quality expected by customers. Digitization and Industry 4.0 have a strong impact on today’s production environment. Established lean production methods are part of this flexibilization process and can be improved through new technologies. Any digitization must deal with waste and reduce it more effectively than a classic lean approach could. When compared to conventional automation, lean automation spaces are smaller, system prices are cheaper, inventory and energy use are lower. The system designer and operator, however, must have higher skills and knowledge. The integration of innovative automation technology along with lean production is an up-to-date and promising topic as industry 4.0 will not solve the problems of poorly organized and managed manufacturing systems. Furthermore, its tools must be applied to lean activities that are already successful even before automation.
- Identification and characterization of iImprovement opportunities in industrial processesPublication . Oliveira, Ana Carolina Guimarães de; Matos, Paulo; Leitão, PauloFlexibility in responding to demand has become a major challenge for industries today. To achieve customer expectations, organizations must be flexible enough to offer a wide range of products and services that are available at any time and with the quality expected by customers. Digitization and Industry 4.0 have a strong impact on today's production environment. Established lean production methods are part of this flexibilization process and can be improved through new technologies. Any digitization must deal with waste and reduce it more effectively than a classic lean approach could. When compared to conventional automation, lean automation spaces are smaller, system prices are cheaper, inventory and energy use are lower. The system designer and operator, however, must have higher skills and knowledge. The integration of innovative automation technology along with lean production is an up-to-date and promising topic as industry 4.0 will not solve the problems of poorly organized and managed manufacturing systems. Furthermore, its tools must be applied to lean activities that are already successful even before automation.
- Identification and characterization of opportunities for improvement in industrial processes by lean automation methodPublication . Oliveira, Ana Carolina Guimarães de; Matos, Paulo; Leitão, Paulo; Francisco, Julio Cesar de SouzaConsidering that the need to adapt industries to remain competitive is increasing, this research is being carried out with the objective of identifying and characterizing improvements in industrial processes, in order to improve them through resources and methods widely used in the industry, such as Lean Manufacturing (LM) and Industry 4.0 (I4.0). Therefore, it was necessary to analyze the LM and I4.0 methodology, resulting in Lean Automation tools, the process of a real company was also analyzed as a case study so that improvement suggestions could be provided. In addition, it was important to interpret the biggest losses that happen in industries with the objective of avoiding them. Finally, it was found that the application of Industry 4.0 in lean tools brings convenience and flexibility since the combination of the two methodologies can be done according to the needs of each industry. Regarding the suggestions for improvements found in the process, initially, it was the implementation of a dashboard as an aid to visual management. Furthermore, it is also suggested to apply the OEE together with the production notes, also in the form of a dashboard. The implementations already carried out were satisfactory in terms of facilitating the automated monitoring of the process. Therefore, it is possible to verify that Industry 4.0 helps with lean tools that can facilitate the visualization and monitoring of industrial processes.