Avaliação da utilização de ferramentas da produção enxuta em uma cadeia de suprimentos do setor farmacêutico

Abstract

This research aimed to assess the degree of similarity and the use of lean practices in accordance with SAE J4000, and to assess whether there are losses in applying these practices to the extent that companies move away from the main corporation manufacturer. Moreover, had the scope a set of companies within a supply chain of one of the largest manufacturers groups in Brazil. Data were collected in twenty-four companies, one of which has three manufacturing units, fifteen suppliers (called first tier suppliers) and six companies that supply these providers (referred to in this survey as second-tier suppliers). The results show that there are similarities between the providers of the first and second layer with respect to the use of some of the lean manufacturing practices specified by the standard, and when compared, it is found that there are similarities between the second layer than the first. However, it was found that the suppliers of the first layer are those who have, on average, higher levels of use of such practices when compared to other levels of the chain studied. Based on these results it was also found that there is a tendency of loss insofar as companies move away from the main manufacturer. The small number of companies that participated in this study and the fact that this research has been restricted to a single chain of pharmaceutical production became the major limitations of this research.