Submitted by Caio Vinícius Mazaro de Oliveira (caio.mazaro4@gmail.com) on 2018-05-07T17:14:58Z No. of bitstreams: 1 CaioOliveira_PGAD_TUPA_fevereito2018.pdf.pdf: 2238562 bytes, checksum: 4ea0ca28386966e61e61aa15bfae4927 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Eliana Katia Pupim (katiapupim@tupa.unesp.br) on 2018-05-08T14:29:44Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 oliveira_cvm_me_tupa.pdf: 2238562 bytes, checksum: 4ea0ca28386966e61e61aa15bfae4927 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-05-08T14:29:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 oliveira_cvm_me_tupa.pdf: 2238562 bytes, checksum: 4ea0ca28386966e61e61aa15bfae4927 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-02-08 / O Brasil está entre os países que mais exportam couro. O segmento de couro possui importante papel na contribuição do desenvolvimento econômico de várias cidades brasileiras. O estado de São Paulo é destaque na produção de couros, juntamente como o estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Neste processo ocorre o beneficiamento do couro, sendo repassado para indústrias que elaboram roupas, sapatos, acessórios, e diversos outros produtos. Essas organizações, denominadas de agroindústrias processadoras de couro, estão em busca de uma gestão eficiente, que contemple toda produção, visando o aumento do resultado financeiro, possibilitando a continuação da atividade. Para tanto, a redução de desperdícios e ganho na qualidade são requisitos fundamentais para essa gestão. Diante da carência de estudos, a presente pesquisa tem como objetivo geral diagnosticar por meio da Lean Supply Chain Management (LSCM) aspectos de melhoria na gestão do elo curtume da cadeia do couro do Oeste Paulista. A abordagem da LSCM sendo aplicada corretamente cumpre os requisitos buscados pelas organizações. Para atingir o objetivo da pesquisa, utilizou-se como método de pesquisa o estudo de caso do tipo múltiplo, com a condução de visitas in loco e aplicação de formulário em cinco Unidades de Pesquisa, caracterizando os portes das organizações, os tipos de processos que elas fazem, quais os elementos e pilares que mais precisam de suporte referente à abordagem empregada, quais as ferramentas utilizadas que se enquadram na LSCM e os benefícios e dificuldades da aplicação. Destacam-se como resultados da coleta de dados que os pilares da Gestão da Tecnologia de Informação, Gestão Logística e Melhoria Contínua são os que mais carecem de melhorias, necessitando empregar a tecnologia da informação na comunicação com os clientes, planejar a rede logística de distribuição, direcionar equipes de trabalho para melhoria contínua. Os planos de ação para elaborar como serão realizadas as ações supramencionadas são oportunidades de futuras pesquisas. / Brazil is among the countries that export the most leather. The leather segment plays an important role in the contribution of the economic development of several Brazilian cities. The state of São Paulo is prominent in the production of leather, along with the state of Rio Grande do Sul. In this process the leather is processed, being passed on to industries that manufacture clothes, shoes, accessories, and various other products. These organizations, called leather processing agroindustries, are in search of an efficient management that contemplates all production, aiming to increase the financial result, allowing the continuation of the activity. Therefore, waste reduction and quality gain are fundamental requirements for this management. In view of the lack of studies, the present research has as general objective to diagnose, through the Lean Supply Chain Management (LSCM), aspects of improvement in the management of the tannery chain link of the leather chain of Oeste Paulista. The LSCM approach being applied correctly meets the requirements sought by organizations. In order to reach the research objective, a multiple-case study was used as the research method, with the conduction of on-site visits and application of the form in five Research Units, characterizing the organizations' sizes, the types of processes that they do, which elements and pillars most need support regarding the approach employed, which tools are used that fit the LSCM, and the benefits and difficulties of the application. It is highlighted as results of data collection that the pillars of Information Technology Management, Logistics Management and Continuous Improvement are the ones that need the most improvement, needing to use information technology in communication with customers, to plan the distribution logistics network, to direct work teams for continuous improvement. The action plans to elaborate how the aforementioned actions will be carried out are opportunities for future research.

Orientador: Eduardo Guilherme Satolo / Resumo: A cadeia de produção do leite é composta por diversos agentes que integram a cadeia de suprimentos desde a aquisição da matéria-prima até a distribuição do produto para o cliente final. Esta cadeia tem importância em termos de contribuição econômica e social para o país ou região. Desta forma, a obtenção de produtividade não está relacionada apenas aos benefícios para o produtor, como aumento de lucratividade, competitividade no mercado, eficiência na gestão das propriedades, mas em aspectos que geram impactos na sociedade, como por exemplo geração de novos postos de trabalho. Este trabalho tem como objetivo geral, analisar quais os principais gargalos na gestão da cadeia de suprimentos leiteira de pequenos produtores da região de Tupã/SP. Desta forma, é indispensável explorar os impactos sofridos pelos produtores, a falta de apoio e orientação para que os mesmos consigam conduzir e realizar uma gestão eficiente em sua propriedade. Tal estudo apresenta a metodologia aplicada em forma de pesquisa de campo de caráter descritiva, com abordagem qualitativa, do tipo survey com aplicação de questionário com questões predominantemente fechadas com uso da escala Likert. O resultado da coleta foi apresentado por meio da análise de correspondência. Tais resultados demostraram os gargalos na cadeia de suprimentos, baseado nos oito pilares da abordagem LSCM, sendo: Gestão da Tecnologia da Informação, Gestão de Fornecedores de Insumos, Eliminação de desperdícios, Produção, Gestão de Relac... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The milk supply chain is made up of products that integrate the supply chain from the raw material to the final distribution of the product to the end customer. This organization has an economic and social building base for the country or region. Thus, a strategy option is not only an advantage for the producer, such as the increase of profitability, market competitiveness, management performance of companies, but also the managerial impact on society, such as the generation of new jobs. This paper aims to analyze what are the main bottlenecks of the milk and milk industry of small farmers in the Tupã / SP region. Therefore, is necessary It is necessary to explore the impacts suffered by the producers, the lack of support and guidance for them to be able to conduct and efficiently manage their property. The study presents the applied method in the search fields, descriptive, with a qualitative approach, on the survey form, of general studies predominated closed to use the scale of Likert. The result of the collection was presented through the correspondence analysis. These results demonstrated bottlenecks in the supply chain, based on the eight pillars of the LSCM approach, namely: Information Technology Management, Input Supplier Management, Waste Disposal, Production, Customer Relationship Management, Logistics Management, Owners Commitment, and Continuous Improvement. Stands out the result of data collection for the need to improve quality, the implementation of technologi... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Research questions: How should the supply chain within Micropower and Ecotec be coordinated in order to minimize the costs and keep a high customer service level?  1. What kinds of activities take place within the supply chain of Micropower and Ecotec and how are they coordinated? 2. What kinds of wastes can be identified and why do they occur? 3. What should be done in order to minimize these wastes?  Purpose: The overall purpose is to improve the coordination of the supply chain between the two facilities to minimize the airfreight without affecting the customer service level. The first objective is to define what kinds of activities take place within the supply chain and how they are coordinated with each other to identify the wastes. It will then be investigated why they occur. Finally, suggestions and solutions will be formulated to eliminate these wastes. Considering the expansion phase of the case company, the purpose of this thesis also covers general learnings for future supply chain setups with offshore subsidiaries.

Environmental pollution is the major problem that mankind faces in present state, the major emission of toxic gases is from vehicles and manufacturing industries. The thesis study focuses on three different types of Small Scale Industries (SSI) in India that are bumper manufacturing industry, dyeing industry and food processing industry. The product life cycles of the process for each industry are identified and their final green waste disposal methods are investigated. The industries are identified with more lean wastes within their product life cycle process. The major green wastes from their disposal methods have high influence on environment. These wastes have to be reduced or eliminated by practicing a suitable supply chain. In present the companies doesn’t practice any supply chain in their organization. The implement of supply chain could reduce the environmental pressures and wastes of the companies to some extent. The lean wastes identified in the process could be eliminated by practicing suitable lean tools and methods. The final disposal wastes are considered to be the green wastes. The method of disposal practiced by the SSIs in India shows an evidence of how much they concern towards the environment. The research tries to explain some suitable waste management techniques for the industries and discusses about importance of government role on making this techniques possible. The small scale industries experiences both wastes, so it has to integrate lean for practicing green supply chain, the implementation of lean would pay a way for green supply chain management. As a result of it a comprehensive lean and green model is suggested for the industries because the model is composed of both lean and green waste reduction techniques and it also helps in achieving both lean and green business results.

El texto completo de este trabajo no está disponible en el Repositorio Académico UPC por restricciones de la casa editorial donde ha sido publicado. / Coffee is one of the most important cash crops in Peru, a significant source of employment and income, and a great demander of inputs, goods, and services. We synthesized and analyzed the findings to propose improvements and foster the long-term growth of small- and medium-sized cooperatives. Our improvement proposal is based on the supply chain models implemented in the industry. The research also relied on information sources from researchers with experience in the assessment and analysis of the perishable food supply chain in different scenarios worldwide.

La agricultura es considerada uno de los sectores de mayor importancia alrededor del mundo, cuya demanda ha aumentado año tras año. Sin embargo, en los últimos años la participación del PBI agrícola en Perú ha decrecido cerca del 5%, debido a que muchos de los habitantes rurales continúan laborando en agropecuarios familiares o individuales, pese a que sus ingresos son extremadamente bajos y cerca del 80% de estas tierras tienen menos de 5ha, desarrollando una agricultura de bajos insumos y producción. Por tanto, el proyecto se aplicó en Ocucaje-Ica, donde se identificó que en la cadena de suministro actual del zapallo 42.86% de las actividades no generan valor y estas representan el 20% de tiempos desperdiciados. Por ello, la investigación se realizó con la finalidad de reducir los tiempos logísticos e incrementar la participación de los pequeños agricultores, ello mediante la presentación de un diseño mejorado de esta gestión, aplicando teórica y prácticamente la técnica LSCM, particularmente la herramienta VSM, la cual permite visualizar, identificar y evaluar actividades a lo largo de la cadena, pudiendo presentar mejoras en un mapa propuesto de estado futuro. No obstante, dado la coyuntura que se atraviesa el año 2020 (pandemia covid-19), los posibles resultados se presentaron en 3 posibles escenarios (pesimista, conservador y optimista) en los que el proyecto pueda afectar positivamente en la producción. Estas mejoras se pueden visualizar en un VSM futuro, reduciendo actividades innecesarias en 50% y disminución en tiempos de 13.3%. / Agriculture is considered one of the most important sectors around the world, whose demand has increased year after year. However, in recent years the share of agricultural GDP in Peru has decreased by about 5%, because many of the rural inhabitants continue to work in family or individual farms, despite the fact that their income is extremely low and close to 80% of these lands have less than 5ha, developing low-input and low-production agriculture. Therefore, the project was applied in Ocucaje-Ica, where it was identified that in the current supply chain of pumpkin 42.86% of the activities do not generate value and these represent 20% of wasted time. Therefore, the research was carried out in order to reduce logistics times and increase the participation of small farmers, by presenting an improved design of this management, applying theoretically and practically the LSCM technique, particularly the VSM tool, the which allows to visualize, identify and evaluate activities along the chain, being able to present improvements in a proposed map of the future state. However, given the current situation in 2020 (covid-19 pandemic), the possible results were presented in 3 possible scenarios (pessimistic, conservative and optimistic) in which the project could positively affect production. These improvements can be seen in a future VSM, reducing unnecessary activities by 50% and decreasing time by 13.3%. / Tesis

M. Tech. (Department of Logistics, Faculty of Management Sciences), Vaal University of Technology. / This study examines the influence of lean supply chain management (LSCM) on supply chain competitiveness in the steel industry in Gauteng, South Africa. The industry suffered a huge blow when imported steel took over the market and collapsed big players within the industry in South Africa.A range of problems hit the market hard, leaving companies applying for section 189 of the labour law to reduce overheads and restructure their organisations. It is evident that organisations need to change their way of thinking,heighten their supply chain strategies and adopt international standards like lean supply chain management practices to become competitive in a broader spectrum. Using a data set of 265 supply chain professionals drawn from the steel manufacturing industry in Gauteng, results showed the importance of proper implementation of LSCM woulddirectly influence SCC, leading to improved organisational performance. The collected quantitative data were analysed using the Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS version 27.0) statistical software.Techniques such as correlations and regressions were used to test the hypotheses.The results of the study showed that four lean practices, namely Just in Time, Total Quality Management, Strategic Partnership and Waste Elimination all predictthe establishment of a lean culture. However, Human Resource Management was statistically insignificant. The results further showed that Lean culture predicts the competitiveness of the steel supply chain. Thererefore, an emphasis on lean supply chain management in the steel industry is anessential contributor to its success.

<a>Global trends and factors, such as the increased level of globalization, climate change, resource scarcity, and awareness of social and environmental responsibilities, as well as fiercer competition and lower profit margins in all industries, force organizations to act to retain, regain, or sustain their competitive advantages for long-term survival. These trends and factors are historically known to bring about innovations that drive the evolution of industries. Sustainability is considered to be such an innovation to achieve fiscally sound, environmentally conscious, and socially progressive organizations and supply chains. Sustainable Development and Sustainability notions are among trending topics of 21st century. Elevated sustainability concerns of various stakeholders have been forcing members of all industries to evolve into their more environmentally and socially responsible versions. This study was initiated through a comprehensive literature review phase that reviewed 477 articles published in five major databases from 1990 to 2018. The purpose of this review was to assess the current state-of-the art on the subject of lean-driven sustainability. Based on descriptive and contextual analysis, synergies, divergences, and the extent of two-way permeability of lean and sustainability concepts from the perspective of intra- and inter-organizational operations were identified along with future research opportunities. Fundamental strengths and weaknesses of both concepts, existing strong synergies and untapped potential, along with their key contributors, the potential-use cases of lean tools to derive sustainable solutions are highlighted in this review. Next, based on the findings of systematic literature review, an innovative, holistic, versatile and scalable tool was developed to assess and benchmark sustainability performance of organizations and supply chains. The proposed framework was established upon trivet structure of Triple Bottom Line philosophy and fueled by Lean, Six-Sigma and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodologies for accurate and effective measurement of sustainability performance. Completeness of the framework was ensured through development of first-generation Key Performance Indicator (KPI) pool with 33 indicators, a unique work environment assessment mechanism for safety and environmental protection issues in terms of 11 risk categories and by construction of an ownership structure for ease of framework deployment. Proposed framework is expected to help with true sustainability performance improvement and benchmarking objectives at a range of business levels from facility to sectoral operations. Upon completion of the development phase, the Sustainability Benchmarking Tool (SBT) Framework was validated at the facility level within the context of value-added wood products manufacturing. Strengths and weaknesses of the system were identified within the scope of Bronze Frontier maturity level of the framework and tackled through a six-step analytical and quantitative reasoning methodology. The secondary objective of the validation phase was to document how value-added wood products industries can take advantage of natural properties of wood to become frontiers of sustainability innovation. In the end, True Sustainability performance of the target facility was improved by 2.37 base points, while economic and environmental performance was increased from being a system weakness to achieving an acceptable index score benchmark of 8.41 and system strength level of 9.31, respectively. Social sustainability score increased by 2.02 base points as a function of better gender bias ratio. The financial performance of the system improved from a 33% loss to 46.23% profit in the post-improvement state. Reductions in CO₂ emissions (55.16%), energy consumption (50.31%), solid waste generation (72.03%), non-value-added-time (89.30%) and cost performance (64.77%) were other significant achievements of the study. In the end, SBT Framework was successfully validated at the facility level and target facility evolved into its leaner, cleaner and more responsible version of itself. Furthermore, manufacturing industries of all sorts are key stakeholders, which rely on universities to satisfy the demand for competent workforce. Society also expects universities to educate youth and contribute to their self-development by achieving both, scientific and intellectual knowledge saturation. To expand the contribution of the study to the body of knowledge in the fields of Sustainability and Modern Management techniques, an undergraduate level course curriculum that integrates modern management techniques and sustainability concepts with wood products industry dynamics was developed. Students’ pre- and post-education awareness of, and familiarity with sustainability, potential consequences of ignored sustainability issues, modern management techniques, global trends, innovation waves, and industry evolution were compared through a seventeen-question survey. Results showed that course content was successful at increasing sustainability awareness at both overall and individual sustainability pillar levels, At the end, 100% of students were able to develop complete understanding of various modern management techniques and stated that they felt confident to apply learnt skills to real life issues within their profession upon graduation. Overall, this study empirically documented how synergies between Lean, Sustainability, Six-Sigma and Life Cycle Assessment concepts outweigh their divergences, demonstrated viability of SBT Framework and presented a proven example of modern management techniques powered transdisciplinary sustainability curriculum.</a>