TY - JOUR
T1 - Lean in the food sector
T2 - strategy to implement lean tools in micro and small enterprises in Quito, Ecuador
AU - Velasco-Tapia, Kenya Cristina
AU - Avilés-Sacoto, Sonia Valeria
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023/10/12
Y1 - 2023/10/12
N2 - The COVID-19 pandemic changed the scenario for all types of enterprises by incorporating new routines to maintain personnel safety, which contributed to increased production time. Micro and small enterprises, which represent 97.89% of the Ecuadorian business network, are not exempt from this situation. Therefore, they need an easy-to-implement strategy to reduce production time, due to their limited resources. This study aims to establish a strategy to implement lean tools in micro and small enterprises in the food sector in Quito. The first step in this process includes a survey to assess the problems related to the eight types of waste. Then, several training sessions were carried out to implement the strategy, based on lean management. Finally, in the monitoring and control phases, the impact of the tools in the short-term is analysed. The effectiveness of this strategy is validated by the elimination of the enterprises’ common waste, excessive inventory.
AB - The COVID-19 pandemic changed the scenario for all types of enterprises by incorporating new routines to maintain personnel safety, which contributed to increased production time. Micro and small enterprises, which represent 97.89% of the Ecuadorian business network, are not exempt from this situation. Therefore, they need an easy-to-implement strategy to reduce production time, due to their limited resources. This study aims to establish a strategy to implement lean tools in micro and small enterprises in the food sector in Quito. The first step in this process includes a survey to assess the problems related to the eight types of waste. Then, several training sessions were carried out to implement the strategy, based on lean management. Finally, in the monitoring and control phases, the impact of the tools in the short-term is analysed. The effectiveness of this strategy is validated by the elimination of the enterprises’ common waste, excessive inventory.
KW - Ecuador
KW - food sector
KW - lean tools
KW - micro and small enterprises
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85175021133&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1504/IJPQM.2023.134274
DO - 10.1504/IJPQM.2023.134274
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85175021133
SN - 1746-6474
VL - 40
SP - 218
EP - 242
JO - International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management
JF - International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management
IS - 2
ER -
