Lean production and operational performance in the Brazilian automotive supply chain
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The purpose of this paper is to understand how lean production (LP) practices are associated with operational performance in the Brazilian automotive supply chain. A survey was carried out to identify the effect of 11 lean practices on five operational performance metrics. The sample comprised 64 companies of the Brazilian automotive supply chain. Results suggest that Brazilian companies are experiencing reduction of Lead time due to the implementation of total productive maintenance practices; and reducing inventory based on the adoption of just-in-time practices. Nevertheless, there appears to be a significant gap in the way these companies are implementing LP practices, which may hinder the achievement of better operational performance results. The survey was limited to companies from Brazil and, therefore, its findings might not be expanded to other companies or sectors. The results also provide a better understanding regarding LP practices and their individual effect on performance metrics.
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Lean manufacturing practices positively enhance operational performance measures in both developing and developed economies.
“TheresearchersinthedevelopinganddevelopedeconomiesshowedthatLMpractices positivelyenhancesoperationalperformancemeasures.”
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Lean manufacturing improves operational performance in developing countries.
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In developing countries, LM implementation reduced inventory.
“inventory reduction (Marodin et al. , 2017; Panwar etal. ,2017;Marodin etal. ,2016)”
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- Authors
- Marodin, G. A., Frank, A. G., Tortorella, G. L., & Fetterman, D. C.
- Affiliations
- University of South Carolina (US)
- Departamento de Engenharia de Produção e Transportes, Núcleo de Engenharia Organizacional, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil
- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (BR)
- Centro Tecnológico, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis (SC), Brazil
- Corresponding author
- Marodin, Giuliano Almeida
- Venue
- Total Quality Management & Business Excellence
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2017-03-31
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 3-4
- Pages
- 370-385
- ISSN
- 1478-3363 (ISSN-L)
- 1478-3371
- OpenAlex
- W2599654903
- Cited by
- 111
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 22.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Total Quality Management & Business Excellence (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management Information Systems › Quality and Supply Management
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Management and Optimization Techniques
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Keywords
- lean manufacturing, operational performance, automotive supply chain, Brazilian automotive industry, total productive maintenance, just-in-time, lead time reduction, inventory reduction
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