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Abstract(s)
Kaizen is one of the continuous improvement management tools
encompassed by Lean Manufacturing. 5S methodology is a reorganization
technique for the companies generally associated with Kaizen technique. It was
specifically developed with the aim of transforming the environment of people’s
organizations and attitudes, resulting in improvement of employees’ quality of
life and the reduction of waste and costs, and aiming significant increases in
productivity. Portuguese food industry is composed mainly by Small and
Medium Enterprises that are now implementing new information and communication
technologies and electronics. In order to promote their efficiency the
SME should update their computational tools to support scenario creation that
are used to ease the decision-making, so they are able to adapt rapidly to an
increasingly computerized industry named as Industry 4.0. It is presented a
computational tool to facilitate and implement a new culture of business management
directed to agrifood SME, that aims to improve the organization and
Occupational Safety and Health.
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Keywords
Computational tool Decision-making Agrifood industry Occupational Safety and Health 5S philosophy Kaizen Industry 4.0
Citation
Zocca R., Lima T.M., Gaspar P.D., Charrua-Santos F. (2019) Kaizen Approach for the Systematic Review of Occupational Safety and Health Procedures in Food Industries. In: Ahram T., Karwowski W., Taiar R. (eds) Human Systems Engineering and Design. IHSED 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 876. Springer, Cham
Publisher
Springer