DFMA or Design for Manufacturing and Assembly is a methodology based on concepts and criterion that seeks to streamline, facilitate, and divert costs in products development, and generally the application of this method ...

Product is defined as anything that can be offered to a Market intending to satisfy a want or need. That includes goods, services, events, places, properties, organizations, information and ideas. Portfolio management is ...

Nowadays, the goods and services customization, introduced through the Mass Customization concepts, has become an important industry strategy in the search for opportunities to remain competitive in the market. That strategy ...

Traceability is defined as the ability to visualize events throughout a product's history from its origin to the end of its life cycle. The knowledge of its use began in the 1960s, after the publication of an article ...

Real options is a way of evaluating assets that considers the interaction between factors such as irreversibility, uncertainty and timing, which characterizes the nature of investments in an administrative decision of a ...

World-class maintenance is a topic discussed by academics and practitioners and needs applications at industries. This work addresses this gap and aims to develop a world-class maintenance maturity model in auto parts ...

Organizational change is no longer a new concept within organizations. Aspects such as pace growth, complexity and unpredictability are forcing companies to make changes. Those who still want to remain in a market of high ...

Production systems are generally organized towards a goal, receiving inputs and generating outputs, both in physical means and in services rendered. Among the best known worldwide, at an industrial level, we can mention ...