Gestão estratégica da produção: proposta de um método que recomenda técnicas de produção para alavancar as diferentes dimensões competitivas

Abstract

The manufacturing strategy literature is very wide and approaches concepts such as Strategic Business Units (SBU) and Competitive Dimensions, evolves towards the concept of Focused Factory by Skinner and culminates in the definition of different techniques, systems and tools that leverage each Competitive Dimension. However, the literature is much more restricted when it comes to determining which particular manufacturing technique should be adopted among different possibilities. Its gap can be summarized in the following question: in a given real situation, is there a method that could help choose the most appropriate technique(s) to adopt? This work aims at filling this gap by proposing a method which directs decision-making when one needs to define the most appropriate production technique(s) to be adopted within a specific industrial reality. The research focused on the individual literature review of the production techniques that were common to the authors that studied them, especially the contributions from Antunes Júnior (2013), Pacheco (2012) and Ghinato (2000). The proposed method underwent the critical analysis from five academic/professional specialists, followed by an experimental application carried out by an industrial manager. The research method adopted is called Design Research. The final method proposed assists its user to select the production techniques that are best aligned with a given application reality. It seeks to go one step further in unfolding Production Strategy by supporting industrial managers to adopt techniques and practices that meet their main demands and specific conditions experienced in their daily routines. This customization of a generic package of techniques and practices for the specific reality has proven to be suitable in the method application. For future studies, it is recommended research on techniques for different types of production systems not covered in this research, as well as other approaches, which the techniques belong to, should be incorporated.