Wagner Cezar Lucato

Universidade Nove de Julho | UNINOVE · Industral Engineering Post Graduation Program

The objective of this study was to evaluate the moderating effect of Occupational Health and Safety actions based on the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations to mitigate the negative effect of COVID-19 on the operational, logistical, marketing (OLMP), and health and safety performance (OHSP) of workers in multinational industries. The de...

Este artigo tem como objetivo investigar a produção científica recente sobre a manutenção de ativos no contexto da Indústria 4.0. Para isso foi feita uma revisão sistemática da literatura, mesclando um estudo bibliométrico e a análise de conteúdo dos artigos recentes que tratam sobre o tema de interesse deste trabalho. Como resultado foram identifi...

Uma das críticas a respeito dos métodos multicritérios é que diferentes técnicas podem produzir resultados discordantes quando aplicadas ao mesmo problema. Neste contexto, o objetivo desta pesquisa é comparar os métodos de apoio à tomada de decisão multicritério AHP, TODIM e PROMETHEE II. Para alcançar este propósito, os métodos foram aplicados a u...

Este trabalho tem como objetivo avaliar a percepção dos clientes dos processos internos de uma indústria metalúrgica de grande porte dedicada à manufatura de autopeças. A avaliação foi feita considerando os seguintes aspectos: conformidade, prazos e atendimento. Diversos estudos têm analisado as cadeias de suprimento, mas poucos têm proposto a iden...

Este trabalho tem como objetivo avaliar a percepção dos clientes dos processos internos de uma indústria metalúrgica de grande porte dedicada à manufatura de autopeças. A avaliação foi feita considerando os seguintes aspectos: conformidade, prazos e atendimento. Diversos estudos têm analisado as cadeias de suprimento, mas poucos têm proposto a iden...

The coronavirus pandemic meant that companies had to adapt quickly to survive the challenging scenario and avoid losing market share or even going bankrupt. In this sense, employees dedicated to Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) activities within organizations played a key role in ensuring that the recommendations of the World Health Organizati...

Nos anos recentes, a grande inovação em processos tem sido a denominada Indústria 4.0, tida como tão impactante quanto a substituição das carroças pelo automóvel no início do século XX. O termo “Indústria 4.0” tem sido considerado como a Quarta Revolução Industrial. Essa nova tendência utiliza os conceitos da internet das coisas (IoT) aliada à auto...

The main objective of this study was to identify the main characteristics of risk management in the automotive supply chain in Brazil, considering companies in the first and second tiers. This objective was achieved through the proposition of three hypotheses that were tested based on a survey of 211 auto parts producers scattered throughout the co...

Purpose - This study explores the effect of crises on multinational companies’ (MNC) subsidiaries’ performance. It is hypothesized that crisis-led business underperformance will lead subsidiaries to choose market oriented or entrepreneurial oriented strategies (or both, “ambiorientation”). Finally, this study explores the idea that subsidiaries tha...

The Brazilian textile industry plays an important role in the country’s economy, and international technology transfer (TT) investments are of great importance for becoming more competitive, especially in textile machinery. This work aimed to propose a model that could be used by the textile industry for its international TT processes. To achieve t...

Conceptually Cleaner Production seeks to integrate the continuous utilization of deterrent environmental approaches to processes, products and services aiming to rise efficiency and to minimize the risks to people and environment. Extant literature has shown that the implementation of Cleaner Production practices brings as a result economic and env...

The goal of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) consists to achieve a high level of operational effectiveness and productivity, as well as a higher level of automation. If on one hand the fourth revolution represents an opportunity for many companies, since the implementation of the smart machines should allow the increasing of the productivity, on the other hand...

Purpose - This study aims at integrating Brazilian agro-industrial cooperatives' horizontal, lateral, and vertical integration diversification strategies and expansion strategies, such as operation area and membership, with financial models. Several studies have tried to assess the importance of diversification on the financial outcomes in agricult...

O setor de manufatura nas últimas décadas vem progressivamente passando a adotar a Produção Enxuta, obtendo como resultado ganhos significativos em qualidade, produtividade, flexibilidade, produzindo com menores custos e prazos de entrega. Para as pequenas e médias empresas (PMEs) não tem sido diferente, porém sem uma certeza de obter ganhos econôm...

Purpose Studies on the performance of agribusiness cooperatives in Brazil focus on economic and financial aspects. The purpose of this paper is to further delve into such studies by investigating which commonly measurable structural production factors (horizontal, vertical and lateral diversification; operating area; number of associates; and time...

Recently, besides recurrent financial gains, industries have been required to boost their environmental and social performance to fulfil the demands of several stakeholders. Moreover, the need to measure the sustainability of manufacturing processes is recognized because the production and operations managers need to know how they are contributing...

Currently, the concern with the environment is increasing and organizations seek solutions to preserve nature and at the same time earn higher profits or competitiveness. For this, they make frequent use of structured procedures in order to reduce their costs and expenses. However, it has not been always considered the environmental performance rel...

Over the past few decades, companies have shown growing concerns in relation to the environmental impact of their manufacturing activities. Green supply chain management (GSCM) has been considered by the manufacturers as a feasible option to reduce the environmental impact of operations while simultaneously improving their operational performance....

The major objective of this study is to propose an innovative and viable procedure for the recovery of overdue debts especially designed for low-income population in order to allow them to regain access to good quality drinking water supply. To verify the suitability of the proposed procedure to real-world situations, two case studies were conducte...

Brazilian small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) face several limitations in the implementation of cleaner production (CP). These limitations unfavourably affect their sustainable transitions. For SMEs to achieve sustainable changeovers, it is essential to implement changes in their production systems by adopting CP in principle and in practice. A...

This paper presents a case study of a truck manufacturing company in Brazil that implemented a series of initiatives towards cleaner production in the manufacturing process as part of the UNESCO Program for sustainable development. The current literature mainly emphasizes the cost reduction of the production processes and the economic gain resultin...

Purpose – The continuous improvement in the performance and satisfaction of all stakeholders is a permanent management objective and part of an organisation’s strategy. To achieve this goal, organisations invest in technological upgrades, process improvements and management models that assure efficiency. The purpose of this paper is to verify the p...

The principles expressed in the book “The machine that changed the world”, contributed to companies from various industrial sectors taking notice of Lean Manufacturing (LM). In recent years in Brazil, there has been a significant increase in LM implementation in several industrial sectors. However, sometimes, the desired effects do not come to pass...

Themodern literature shows that the Just in Time (JIT) utilization in therelationship between client and its supplier aims at optimizing the flow in thesupply chain. Nevertheless, there are other aspects to be considered for thefull utilization of the lean supply practices. Among those, the proximity triesto improve the liaison between the client a...

The environmental impacts of industrial activity are an increasing concern amongst firms and their stakeholders. As a result, companies around the world have been exploring new tools to diminish the adverse impact of their activities on the environment. Eco-efficiency has played an essential role in this scenario, as companies are continuously seek...

A melhoria contínua do desempenho e, em consequência, a satisfação do conjunto de partes interessadas é objetivo permanente dos gestores e faz parte da estratégia das organizações. Para alcançar isso, as organizações investem constantemente no aprimoramento tecnológico, na melhoria de seus processos de trabalho e em modelos de gestão que assegurem...

Como observado na literatura, a maioria dos projetos Seis Sigma aplicados na manufatura visam obter melhorias de processos. Ainda, organizações em todo o mundo têm se preocupado com questões ambientais, buscando promover a melhoria contínua de sua ecoeficiência. O principal objetivo deste trabalho é propor um procedimento para incorporar variáveis...

A indústria têxtil brasileira tem enfrentado forte competição por parte de produtos importados a baixos preços da China e de outros países do Extremo Oriente. Para que possam manter a sua habilidade de competir no mercado local, as empresas têxteis brasileiras têm procurado adotar uma estratégia defensiva por meio da busca da diferenciação em seus...

The purpose of this paper is to propose a management tool to identify actions and plans to enhance the competitiveness of a company. It starts by proposing the concepts of competitive variables, competitive profile and competitive distance as a basis for developing a model to measure the competitiveness degree of enterprises within the same industr...

As observed in the literature, most of the Six Sigma projects developed in manufacturing aim at obtaining process improvements. Furthermore, worldwide organizations have been concerned with environmental issues, seeking to increase their eco-efficiency level. The central objective of this work is to propose a procedure to incorporate environmental...

The continuous improvement of performance and, as a consequence, the satisfaction of all stakeholders is a permanent management objective and part of the organiztion stsrtegy. To achieve that goal, organizations invest in their technologic upgrade, in their process improvement and in mamangement models that assure achievement of efficiency and effi...

In the search for higher profits or competitiveness, firms have frequently used structured procedures to reduce their costs and expenses. However, the environmental consequences associated to those processes have hardly been considered. Hence, the central purpose of this paper is to show that it is possible to obtain relevant environmental gains ev...

The impressive results achieved by several companies through the Six Sigma technique, has motivated other organizations to follow their footsteps in search for competitiveness. As noticed in the literature, most Six Sigma projects in manufacturing have aimed to obtain process enhancements, focusing mostly on optimizing product cycle times with almo...

The concepts and practices of lean manufacturing have been used by companies to obtain improvements in the efficiency levels of their manufacturing facilities. However, waste in manufacturing firms is not limited to the production floor; it is also present in administrative areas. Hence, the objective of this paper was to verify if Lean Office conc...

The use of CNC machines has been increasingly intensive in industry. Sophisticated characteristics and resources have been implemented into these machines in order to achieve higher production rates and better dimensional quality. One of these resources is the laser tool-setter, used to automatically measure the main dimensions (diameter and length...

Purpose – Manufacturing companies worldwide have been replacing traditional mass-production practices by lean initiatives. This translation process is progressive and may vary depending on several factors. Hence, it could be expected that the degree of adoption of the lean practices could vary significantly among industries, regions and even countr...

In search of higher profits or competitiveness, firms have frequently used structured procedures to reduce their costs and expenses. However, the environmental consequences associated with these processes are hardly ever considered. Hence, the central purpose of this paper is to show that it is possible to obtain relevant environmental gains as a r...

The relationship between suppliers and buyers has had significant changes in recent years. Among those suppliers are small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) providing machining services as demanded by their clients. Usually this type of company faces difficulties to adequately manage the selling price of services to be rendered. Larger companies o...

Purpose – The Brazilian textile industry has been facing fierce competition from low-cost imports from China and other Far East countries. To maintain their competitiveness in the local market, Brazilian companies have been adopting the product differentiation strategy. By using new technologies, they are able to develop new products with better qu...

Brazilian agricultural cooperatives have seen an unprecedented growth in production in the last decade which has led to several different product diversification strategies. Almost all studies in Brazil focus on the financial outcome of these strategies but few empirical studies have addressed them properly. Even fewer researches have dealt with th...

The objective of this paper is to show, by means of a theoretical review, the influence of reversal logistics on the enterprise competitiveness. Also the relationship between competitive variables and reversal logistics are discussed and analyzed.

This paper proposes a method for machining service providers to determine cutting speeds that could maximize their financial returns. This is done based on measures considered by the Theory of Constraints (TOC). It starts by defining the cutting parameters and their relationship to the machining costs. Also, TOC principles are examined in relation...

Purpose Industrial growth has positively influenced the economic development but has also generated adverse effects on the environment. To minimize the environmental burdens resulting from industrial activity, new practices and management tools have been developed, including the concept of ecoefficiency which has aided the response to manufacturing...

Para transferir tecnologia é necessário seguir algumas etapas e procedimentos que venham a contribuir para a transmissão do conhecimento desenvolvido. Mas para isso, é preciso entender as características básicas desse processo e, assim, facilitar tanto a escolha quanto a implantação do modelo mais apropriado para o negócio. Nesse sentido, o objetiv...

The accelerated urban expansion observed in major cities has made the reduction of the related environmental impacts a crucial objective for sustainable regional development. As a result, businesses in general have been demanded to include economic, environmental and social actions in their culture, strategies and decision-making processes. The Sao...

Based on literature review this research aimed to identify relevant technology transfer models developed in the 2000 / 2010 period. In this evaluation it was possible to identify nine relevant technology transfer models that were dully analyzed to enable an understanding of their structure based on the identification of key characteristics like typ...

As part of the business management process, organizations identify engineering projects needed to meet the goals established in their strategic planning. As the number of projects identified is usually greater than the ability to perform due to resource constraints, companies have the difficult task of selecting the best set of feasible projects. T...

The rapid urban development observed in major cities and the resulting environmental impacts have made the lessening of these impacts a key objective in sustainable development and companies have been required to consider economic, environmental and social consequences in their cultures, strategies and decision-making processes. The goal of this pa...

The automotive industry has been at the forefront of the globalisation process as a result of increasing global design and manufacturing. This has imposed a heavy burden on local auto parts producers. To enable a better understanding of this problem, this paper proposes a model to measure the degree of competitiveness for auto parts manufacturing c...

Sustainable supply chains are now growing in importance as shareholders, employees and consumers question whether the company and its associate suppliers are socially and environmentally responsible. This fact has been seriously considered in the auto industry supply chain where companies seem to be concerned with the environment performance of the...

This paper proposes a method for machining service providers to determine cutting speeds that could maximize their financial returns. This is done based on measures considered by the Theory of Constraints (TOC) and the contribution margin concept. It starts by defining the cutting parameters and their relationship to the machining costs. Also, TOC...

Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is a tool that has been used in lean manufacturing to redesign production systems in several industrial sectors. As part of lean principles, the VSM is a pictorial technique used to identify several kinds of wastes existing in the manufacturing floor and enables an easy way to visualize possible alternatives to eliminate...

Se presenta una aplicación de la simulación Monte Carlo como una herramienta para la toma de decisiones en una planta fabril. Se ha usado el caso de una línea de montaje de tres estaciones dedicadas a producir termostatos de plancha en una instalación de fabricación de artículos domésticos. Inicialmente la planta fue diseñada para generar una tasa...

One of the main competitive moves observed in the last two decades was the change in product pricing, evolving from a cost plus margin paradigm to a market-driven one. In the present days, the customer defines how much he or she is willing to pay for a given product or service. As a result, traditional cost accounting procedures and their related p...

Este trabalho tem como objetivo propor uma estrutura teórica para a avaliação do grau de competitividade de empresas que atuem no mesmo segmento industrial. Adotando como pressupostos a definição de competitividade empresarial e os conceitos de variáveis competitivas e de perfil competitivo, o presente estudo vai buscar na Análise dos Agrupamentos...

O propósito central deste artigo é discutir as dificuldades enfrentadas pelas pequenas e médias empresas brasileiras (PMEs) para a aquisição dos bens de capital necessários à atualização de sua base tecnológica. Como parte dessa discussão, foram realizados estudos de caso envolvendo 15 empresas com o objetivo de levantar evidências que possibilitar...

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the difficulties of the Brazilian small and medium size companies (SMSC) to acquire the capital goods required to update their technological base. A case study comprising 15 SMSC was developed in order to collect evidences that enabled to raise the following hypothesis: the major difficulties faced by the SMS...

This study develops a conceptual model to measure the competitiveness of companies within the same industry by adopting a definition that includes various aspects: marketing, strategies, production, finances, environment, etc. It also establishes the concepts of competitive variables and competitive profile. We propose the concept of competitive di...