Lean Production Systems Lab (LPSL)
Although not completely rigorous, the term Lean Production Systems is used here in this lab as a way to generalize Toyota’s approach to organizing and managing production and organizations as a whole. There may be several models that materialize Toyota’s vision and strategy in different ways, both in its initial version with the TPS (Toyota Production System) and the more current version called Toyota Way. In these models we also include the Shingo model as a way to seek excellence in organizations. The LPS Lab aims to develop knowledge in terms of how companies and other organizations can transform their operation and management into a new culture of continuously seeking perfection and excellence. This lab is focused in finding tools and techniques to materialize the principles that are assumed in most excellence models. Those principles cover the whole spectrum of the socio-technical nature of organizations, from the technical side to the social science side, including principles such as Pull Flow, focus on process or quality first, as well as, lead with humility, respect for people and follow long-term philosophy.
Lean Production Systems Lab leader: José Dinis Carvalho
Recent LPSL Publications:
Reducing Waiting Time for Orthopaedic Consultation Through a Continuous Improvement Approach
2022 | journal-article
Evaluation Methods and Practices Used by University Technology Transfer Offices
2021 | journal-article
Study of the Portuguese Challenges in the Context of European Union to Identify Adaptation Strategies for the Industry 4.0
2022 | journal-article
Prioritizing Internal Production on MRI Waiting List Management: An Optimization Model
2022 | journal-article
Implementation of lean in health care environments: an update of systematic reviews
International Journal of Lean Six Sigma
2021 | journal-article
Implementation of a Pull System-A Case Study of a Polymeric Production System for the Automotive Industry
Management Systems in Production Engineering
2021 | journal-article
Restructuring picking and restocking processes on a hypermarket
Production Engineering Archives
2022 | journal-article
Direct Workload Control: simplifying continuous order release
International Journal of Production Research
2022 | journal-article
Production planning and control in multi-stage assembly systems: an assessment of Kanban, MRP, OPT (DBR) and DDMRP by simulation
International Journal of Production Research
2022 | journal-article
Waste Identification Diagrams with OEE data
2014 | conference-paper
