Founder Antônio Ferreira de Araújo worked for more than 30 years in a multinational organization, where he performed various functions in industrial engineering.
During the last decade, he served as a Six Sigma and Lean instructor in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela.
Participated in Six Sigma and Lean seminars in Luxembourg, United States and Germany.
Specialist in the development of algorithms that substitute human programming, kanban card and correlates for production programming.
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Statistical process control and measurement systems
Train employees and implement the philosophy and main techniques of STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL and its strong relationship with measurement systems and quality audits. Measure and improve processes, making them stable and providing training of people if necessary.Process control IS not as a punitive behavioral measure but as a prevention of errors aimed at organizational excellence. Also applicable in a transactional context.
Value stream mapping - VSM
Train employees with the philosophy of MAPPING FLOW OF VALUE. Map the processes together the company’s team, in order to find the types of waste and develop action plans to reduce and eliminate this waste. Seek to achieve the ideal Takt Time and the Lead Time appropriate to the business.
Set improvement goals at different future levels of value flow.
Industrial Engineering
Establish standard times for each industrial and service operation, aiming at improvements and control of industrial efficiency, proposing rationalization of methods, and industrial automation, compatible with industry and services 4.0.
If necessary on the part of the client, form chronanalysts with the philosophy and main techniques of INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING and its strong relationship with Lean Methodology, notion of OEE, Installed capacity, industrial layout and cost absorption for standard time.
Lean manufacturing for leaders
To give the manager an integrated view of the two tools of excellence, (lEAN AND SIX SIGMA) aiming at their full understanding continuous improvement Give the manager an insight into the correlation between strategic planning and improvement projects, and the relationship between these two applications and World Class Manufacturing.
This training can be given with theoretical classes and with mapping practices with your production/MANAGEMENT team.
Quick Changeover
Establish priorities in your production process where the reduction of the changeover time is more urgent, and establish achievable goals in the short, medium and long terms. World Class Manufacturing.
Filming and studying exhaustively the exchange process, aiming at the separation between internal and external elements of the exchange itself, in order to obtain the shortest possible time of STOPPED machine/equipment . Analyze method changes with and without investments, aiming at maximum return.
If necessary, train technicians, operators and managers to understand the importance of quick process changes, using the techniques inherent to the change process, such as timing, video, separation of internal and external elements, and detailed analysis of each element or work operation. exchange.
Rapid Improvement Activities - Rapid Improvement Activity
Establish priorities in your production process where the reduction of the changeover time is more urgent, and establish achievable goals in the short, medium and long terms. World Class Manufacturing.
Propose and create work teams throughout the production process, generating a culture of continuous improvement. Propose recognition systems and objective improvement goals.
It is important to emphasize that the beginning must be simple and intelligible to everyone. 5S in general is usually the first approach.
Strongly propose training technicians, operators and managers to understand the importance of improving the production process every day.