Caracterització i evolució dels sistemes de producció basats en el lean management
- Autores: Oriol Cuatrecasas Castellsagues
- Directores de la Tesis: Carolina Consolación Segura (dir. tes.), Jordi Olivella Nadal (codir. tes.)
- Lectura: En la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) ( España ) en 2017
- Idioma: catalán
- Tribunal Calificador de la Tesis: José María Castán Farrero (presid.), Jordi Fortuny-Santos (secret.), Rodolfo de Castro Vila (voc.)
- Programa de doctorado: Programa de Doctorado en Administración y Dirección de Empresas por la Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya
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- Resumen
Production systems based on lean philosophy have been gaining importance as a frequent and successful path to business improvement. Adopting a lean production system in the most appropriate way is a key decision given that such practices help organizations improve safety, quality, delivery time and costs.
Since Toyota showed the world a different way of managing, the automotive industry as a whole was pioneering in adopting lean management and still leads lean production systems development.
Although the different authors have not defined lean management by consensus, this study attempts to research on a non-fixed lean approach. The study tries to analyze the evolution and the similarities of car manufacturers production systems over time. lt does not compare a static lean production system definition to another , but a production system development to others.
This research widely reviews the literature in arder to find a small group of tools, methods, principies and a culture, a parameterization and an analysis of lean production systems used by car manufacturers; it analyzes and preves the successive iterations with a focus group.
Whilst the theoretical aspects' development eligible to represent the different lean production systems perspectives is found in the literature, technical aspects' development is found in each manufacturer's own production system. Research on each manufacturer's systems has been conducted based on documentation provided by the most influential actors and the most represented manufacturers in the market; and it has been completed with an interview to managers of each manufacturer .
Thus, based on a triangulation from a literature analysis, production systems by car manufacturers and successive iterations with a focus group, this paper presents a wording and description of lean production systems evolution that gives an answer to the goal set through an evolution semicircular pattern based on the objectives to achieve by the production system itself. A part from these results, this path and this pattern described by the car manufacturers industry can be followed by other economic sectors or individual organizations .
