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    <title>Lean management implementation: a decision making framework</title>
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    <description>Title: Lean management implementation: a decision making framework
Authors: Aurélio, Diogo
Abstract: In this thesis the author proposes a thinking framework for decision makers considering the implementation of Lean Management methodologies in their industrial contex. The framework takes both internal and external context of each case into consderation. A logical order when considering Lean’s implementation is proposed, where strategic considerations should be taken first into consideration, and operational considerations after. Moreover, the framework proposes the power and leverage perspective on transactional exchange as the central factor to determine the strategic success of any implementation. Finally when it comes to operational considerations, a key thinking factor is taken into consideration, which is the potential penetration ability of Lean techniques according to the internal and external context. The framework is applied to a portuguese leading company in the molding industry that has already applied some Lean Management methodologies, which is Logoplaste. Results lead to conclusions that, not only Lean’s suitability varies according to context, but also that the potential penetration ability of Lean techniques decreases as the compliance level to Lean’s core principles increases, and that companies where Lean techniques with low penetration ability are suitable to be used, have a higher propensity to evolve into higher Lean maturity stages.
Description: Submitted to the graduate faculty Universidade Nova de Lisboa – Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master in Industrial Engineering</description>
    <dc:date>2010-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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    <title>Auditoria a Key Plastics Portugal</title>
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    <description>Title: Auditoria a Key Plastics Portugal
Authors: Freitas, Pedro Guilherme de Valle-Flôr Telles de
Abstract: O presente trabalho consiste numa auditoria energética a uma unidade fabril de injecção de plástico para a indústria automóvel.&#xD;
Inicialmente foi efectuado um trabalho de recolha e levantamento de dados dos consumos energéticos que existiam na Key Plastics Portugal.&#xD;
Foram identificados os principais consumidores de energia e estudadas possíveis soluções de melhoria com vista à redução do consumo energético dos mesmos.&#xD;
Este estudo envolveu a execução de planos de retorno simples com vista a determinar, para o montante orçamentado, qual era a viabilidade do estudo face a conjectura económica que vivemos.
Description: Dissertação para a obtenção do grau de Mestre em Engenharia Mecânica</description>
    <dc:date>2011-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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    <title>The effect of demand information sharing in a supply chain under demand uncertainty: a simulation study</title>
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    <description>Title: The effect of demand information sharing in a supply chain under demand uncertainty: a simulation study
Authors: Rito, Pedro Varela
Abstract: The modern business environments are constantly subject to unpredictable events that can adversely influence the supply chain (SC) performance. In order to remain competitive, SCs are therefore striving to achieve greater coordination and collaboration among SC entities. The advances in technology in the area of information technology are enabling instantaneous information sharing amongst SC entities. Demand information sharing appears as a widely used tool to improve the SC performance. In this context, SC simulation appears as a fundamental tool to quantitatively analyze this management practice in a virtual system environment, enabling multiple scenario analysis.&#xD;
This dissertation intends to verify through the use of discrete event simulation, the impact of the presence of demand information sharing on the performance of a SC and whether this practice can reduce the impact of an uncertain customer demand in terms of the total SC costs and the service level. Considering that the customer demand follows a Normal distribution with an unknown standard deviation, three different scenarios are simulated using three distinct standard deviations. Further, two information sharing scenarios are considered, namely the presence and absence of demand information sharing. This analysis is applied on a case study that is built for this purpose. The software used to develop the simulation model and reproduce the operational behavior of the SC is Arena.&#xD;
The analysis of the simulation results indicates that an increase in the variability of the customer demand worsens all the studied performance measures. However, the introduction of demand information sharing improves the SC performance in terms of the SC costs.
Description: Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Mestre em Engenharia e Gestão Industrial</description>
    <dc:date>2012-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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    <title>Estudo numérico do escoamento numa chaminé como ventilador estático</title>
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    <description>Title: Estudo numérico do escoamento numa chaminé como ventilador estático
Authors: Amado, Filipe Bacalhau Guerreiro
Abstract: No presente trabalho, é feita a análise numérica de um escoamento em torno de uma&#xD;
chaminé cilíndrica, com a finalidade de comparar os resultados obtidos num trabalho&#xD;
experimental, e deste modo validar a utilização do modelo numérico utilizado na&#xD;
simulação.&#xD;
As simulações foram realizadas com recurso aos softwares de modelação e simulação&#xD;
numérica: GAMBIT (versão 2.2.30) e FLUENT (versão 6.3.26). O primeiro é orientado&#xD;
para a construção das malhas, o segundo importa as malhas permitindo alterar alguns&#xD;
parâmetros (condições de fronteira, modelo de turbulência, algoritmo de acoplamento,&#xD;
algoritmo de discretização, entre outras opções), para posteriormente realizar as&#xD;
simulações. Este software utiliza o método de volumes finitos para resolver as equações de Navier-Stokes com um método de acoplamento parcial entre pressão e velocidade.&#xD;
Neste trabalho são traçadas as curvas de funcionamento para vários modelos de turbulência(k-ε Standard, k-ε RNG, k-ε Realizable, k-ω Standard e k-ω SST) e 6 malhas diferentes.&#xD;
Concluiu-se que os modelos de turbulência que apresentaram uns resultados mais&#xD;
semelhantes aos experimentais foram os modelos k-ε Standard e k-ω SST.&#xD;
Analisando os planos de simetria longitudinais e os planos de corte transversais para os casos estudados, pode-se compreender o comportamento do escoamento desde o interior da chaminé até a altura em que saí e entra em interacção com o escoamento proveniente da entrada do túnel de vento.&#xD;
Concluiu-se com este trabalho que foi possível reproduzir o trabalho experimental&#xD;
desenvolvido no túnel de vento embora com alguns erros de precisão inerentes.
Description: Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Mestre em&#xD;
Engenharia Mecânica</description>
    <dc:date>2011-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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