Aplicación de Lean Manufacturing en la industria automotriz

Abstract

Lean Manufacturing known by its acronym LM is a work philosophy that proposes to obtain greater benefits using fewer resources. It has been applied in different sectors of the manufacturing industry; its greatest development has been in the automotive sector where it possibly originated. Today in a competitive market, companies controlled by short delivery times, low costs and high levels of customer service satisfaction. This article will analyze the implementation and results of different companies in the automotive sector that have applied the LM methodology to improve their operational processes. For this, the review of different articles and case studies published about LM and some of its tools for continuous improvement such as 5, Kanban, Just in Time, VSM, Six Sigma, SMED and TPM. Obtaining as a result of this investigation information and knowledge of the most relevant achievements that were obtained with its implementation