CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT TOOLS USED IN MANUFACTURING COMPANIES AND THEIR IMPACT ON SUSTAINABILITY

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.2163232311099

• Palavras-chave: Manufacturing companies, Continuous improvement, Sustainability, Industrial processes

• Keywords: Manufacturing companies, Continuous improvement, Sustainability, Industrial processes

• Abstract:

  Due to the growing need to generate actions that lead to care for the environment and promote the development of sustainable processes in manufacturing companies, recently, the use of continuous improvement tools and techniques has been increasing with a focus on sustainability, this with the objective of achieving the continuous improvement of the processes considering at the same time the care of the environment. In this sense, this research presents the findings found when conducting a search for applications of continuous improvement tools implemented with sustainable objectives in recent publications, this, with the intention of showing the upward trend in their applications, their relationship with the sustainability and the benefits found, the results obtained will provide a visual aid to facilitate understanding in relation to the tools used and their applications.