Metal-mechanic Company Research Articles

Corporate environmentalism: an empirical study in Brazil

Many organisations have reached the conclusion that environmental sustainability can be a strategic part of company development and are implementing integrated business models, incorporating environmental issues and embracing the competitive advantages. This study presents construction of a time line for corporate environmentalism and analyses the current status of corporate environmentalism, from the perspective of environmental sustainability development in organisational management practices, at 364 metal-mechanic companies in Brazil. The basic methodology employs a quantitative and descriptive survey. The results indicate that 54.7% of the companies surveyed seek to comply with environmental legislation and that environmental sustainability is not yet perceived as a strategic development area for most companies in southern Brazil. A small percentage of companies were identified as being concerned with environmental issues and viewed the overlap and integration of economic development, social responsibility and environmental management as drivers of sustainable development.

Utilization Of Natural Lighting In Industrial Environments

This work aims to present concepts and benefits of new technologies used in industrial installations. Thus, it was conducted by a case study on a metal mechanic company in order to understand the real situation about lighting technologies and the benefits that arise through the use of technology combined with the conscious use. It is addressed and discussed issues such as definitions, structure, analysis, and benefits related to the subject matter. The work is featured as a case study has an exploratory character, which made use of a bibliographic research based on the relevant literature to structure the theme. The main results of this work highlights the possibility to present definitions and advantages involved in the use of lighting technology at the company of the aforementioned study.

The use of information management tools as support to the product development process in a metal mechanical company

In this paper, we present a case study developed in a Brazilian metal mechanical company on the application of computer systems as support for a product development process. In the first part, we present a literature review on themes such as product development, PLM and PDM (Product Lifecycle Management and Product Data Management) systems. In the case study, we describe the PDP Product Development Process and the use of CAD/ CAE (Computer Aided Design and Engineering) systems in the company, as well as some problems observed. In the end, we propose some possible opportunities to PDP improvement using PDM systems.

<b>Proposta de avaliação do nível de implementação de típicas práticas da produção enxuta em uma empresa do setor metal-mecânico</b>

Com foco na redução de desperdícios e perdas, preconizada pela produção enxuta (PE), diferentes setores da produção de bens e serviços têm adotado os princípios e as práticas desse sistema produtivo. Pelo grau de abstração dos princípios é difícil estabelecer um nível de disseminação desses conceitos. Porém, em relação às práticas, devido ao caráter operacional das mesmas, essa avaliação se torna mais simplificada pela possibilidade de quantificação dos elementos envolvidos (tempo, custo, matéria-prima). A proposta de avaliação das práticas da PE, baseada na percepção dos envolvidos com a implementação enxuta, foi realizada em uma empresa metal-mecânica de grande porte que desde 2002 vem adotando a PE como filosofia de produção em nível corporativo. Fizeram parte da pesquisa os gerentes: administrativo, qualidade, produção, vendas, compras, manutenção e PCP. Foram realizadas entrevistas, aplicados checklists e elaborado um ranking, para avaliação de desempenho e importância, respectivamente. As práticas de nivelamento da produção (heijunka), de just-in-time e de integração com a cadeia de fornecedores foram as que apresentaram os desempenhos mais desfavoráveis, enquanto que tecnologia de grupo, melhoria contínua e gerenciamento visual foram as práticas que apresentaram os melhores resultados. Quanto à importância, as práticas de operações padronizadas, just-in-time e troca rápida de ferramentas foram consideradas mais importantes enquanto as de menor importância foram a flexibilização da mão-de-obra, a tecnologia de grupo e o desenvolvimento de produto enxuto. Palavras chave: Produção Enxuta; Medição de Desempenho e Importância; Setor Metal-mecânico.

Integrating Forward and Reverse Supply Chains: Application to a metal-mechanic company

This paper examines supply chain management as implemented in companies which deal simultaneously with forward and reverse logistics. Modeling constraints include the strategic and operational alignments, system interoperability, information share and coordination of activities. The proposed Integrated Model for Supply Chain Management (IMSCM) is aimed at re-defining Demand Management Procedures, Order Management Procedures, Manufacturing Management Procedures, Procurement Management Procedures, Distribution Management Procedures, Client Management Procedures, etc. The detailed analysis of the processes involved demonstrated that the integrated model IMSCM includes new processes taken from reverse logistics, but is essentially a new description of the general processes which are necessary to manage the supply chain. The work presented in this paper is based on a real case study, and as such, the integrated model proposed in this paper has been validated in a company from the metal-mechanic sector.

Hierarchical model to design manufacturing systems applied to a metal-mechanic company

Abstract This paper describes the application of a model to design and manage the manufacturing process through an integrated system, using a Hierarchical methodology-by means of different aggregation and disaggregation stages with an appropriate time horizon. The hierarchical model obtained allows interfacing between the master schedule and the schedule of the orders. At each level of the hierarchical model some decisions have to be made in order to design the manufacturing system, but having a model that also takes into consideration the management of the system. To do this it is necessary to use aggregated information concerned with the level at which decisions are made. It is obtained from the database, which contains the information at the highest level of aggregation. This model has been applied to a metal mechanic company, that makes final products such as car washers, etc. The benefits of this approach for the company are addressed in this paper.