The aim for this study is to identify the critical factors for an implementation of Lean for a micro company in the start-up phase, as well as to identify which Lean practices that are most applicable for a distribution strategy in a micro company. The aim was divided into two research questions: • RQ1: Which factors of a Lean implementation is critical for a producing micro company in the start-up phase? • RQ2: How applicable are lean tools and practices for a micro company’s distribution strategy? The research approach used to answer the aim and research questions were a literature review and a case study. A solid literature review was performed to understand the subject in a broader context as well as to compensate for the empirical findings. The case study was conducted at a micro company in the construction industry in Sweden, which currently has no distribution strategy. Since there is limited information related to micro companies, the study has been expanded to also include SMEs. Several factors were identified as critical for an implementation for a micro company. The factors were categorized as critical, favorable, hindering and driving. The identified most relevant critical factors for micro companies was the leadership and management as well as financial capabilities. This was found to be in line with the theoretical framework. Furthermore, an identification was that the Lean tools and practices that were the most applicable for a micro company were those that focus on the internal processes and the involvement of the workforce, such as 5S, PDCA and visual management. These tools were the most applicable because of the financial aspects as well as the lack of influence that a micro company has over its supply chain. It is recommended to perform a similar case study in a micro company with a higher level of maturity and has started their distribution of goods to further analyze tangible empirical data. Lean concerning micro companies need further research if it should become attractive and achievable for micro companies.

This thesis deals with the relation between ERP systems and lean principles. More specifically, the utility of these principles in conjunction with ERP systems for small and medium-sized companies supplied by Czech companies. The basic building block is then practical experience and interviews with experts. That all from both sides of the business relationship (supplier and client). The work does not only evaluate the relationship of mentioned systems and lean principles, or their usefulness in the Czech environment, but also provides complete material for basic awareness regarding these issues and answers to fundamental questions that I (or interviewed experts) choose like interesting. The thesis ends with finding the truth of the basic thesis and recommendations for possible implementation or integration of ERP systems and lean principles.

Submitted by Nadir Basilio (nadirsb@uninove.br) on 2015-07-17T15:50:42Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Filipe Marafon de Paoli.pdf: 1490330 bytes, checksum: 27cac5c2df743505ff41058f8e12d21b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-17T15:50:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Filipe Marafon de Paoli.pdf: 1490330 bytes, checksum: 27cac5c2df743505ff41058f8e12d21b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-02-24 / The publication of the MIT report (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), which was evidenced by the book "The Machine that Changed the World", contributed to several branches of industrial companies to be aware of lean manufacturing and what it represents. In Brazil, in particular, it has been observed in recent years a significant increase in the implementation of lean manufacturing in various sectors of industrial activity, as companies have joined the lean manufacturing to become more competitive in a scenario where increased productivity is required, using fewer resources. However, very often the lean manufacturing is implemented taking into consideration only the concept of their tools as a way to solve all the problems of an organization. In many cases they are not successful implementations due to various external factors of lean manufacturing are not considered. Is it possible to measure and compare the influence of organizational culture on the success of implementation and maintenance of lean manufacturing in industrial companies? Aiming to answer this question, this paper proposes the development of a study aiming to identify and determine the impact of organizational culture on the successful implementation of lean manufacturing. In order to verify that the industrial companies that have favorable organizational culture, ie, have greater success in the implementation and maintenance of lean manufacturing in their manufacturing processes, this paper to conducted a multiple case studies, in which six companies were analyzed in which it was investigated the existence of a relationship between the organizational culture characteristics and the success in the adoption of lean manufacturing. The results obtained enabled to conclude that companies having more favorable organizational culture had a more effective, complete and long lasting lean manufacturing implementation. / O surgimento do relatório do MIT (Massachussets Institute of Technology), o qual fora evidenciado por meio do livro "A máquina que mudou o mundo", contribuiu para que empresas de diversos ramos da indústria tomassem conhecimento sobre a manufatura enxuta e o que ela representa. No Brasil, em particular, observou-se nos últimos anos um aumento expressivo da implementação da manufatura enxuta em diversos setores industriais, pois as empresas aderiram a ela para se tornarem mais competitivas em um cenário no qual é necessário um aumento de produtividade, tendo em vista a utilização de cada vez menos recursos. Contudo, muitas vezes a manufatura enxuta é implementada tendo em vista apenas o conceito de suas ferramentas, para que possam solucionar todos os problemas operacionais de uma organização. Em muitos casos, as implementações não surtem os efeitos desejados, pois diversos fatores externos à sua adoção não são considerados. É possível medir e comparar a influência da cultura organizacional no sucesso da implantação e manutenção da manufatura enxuta nas empresas industriais? Com o intuito de responder a esta questão, este trabalho propôs o desenvolvimento de um estudo com o objetivo de identificar e determinar os impactos da cultura organizacional no sucesso da implantação da manufatura enxuta. Para poder verificar se as empresas industriais que possuem cultura organizacional favorável, têm maior sucesso na implementação e manutenção da manufatura enxuta em seus processos de fabricação, este trabalho realizou uma pesquisa do tipo estudo de casos múltiplos, na qual seis empresas foram estudadas, e nas quais se procurou avaliar a existência de uma relação entre as características da cultura organizacional e o sucesso na adoção da manufatura enxuta. Os resultados obtidos permitiram verificar que quanto mais favoráveis foram os traços da cultura organizacional das empresas estudadas, mais efetiva, completa e duradoura foi a implementação da manufatura enxuta.