Lean manufacturing and ergonomics in the metallurgical industry: an integrated approach for performance improvement

Due to an increasingly competive market, most companies can only survive through continuous improvement, by increasing their productivity and reducing costs. The Lean Production System (SPL) is more and more often used for this purpose.However, the workers' well-being is often neglected, leadin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brito, Marlene Ferreira (author)
Format: doctoralThesis
Language:eng
Published: 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/30422
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/30422