Article history: Received 30 September 2014 Received in revised form 17 November 2014 Accepted 25 November 2014 Available online 13 December 2014

Este artigo tem como objetivo fundamentar e aplicar a metodologia DMAIC do Lean Six Sigma para reduzir o sobrepeso dos pacotes em uma linha de produção biscoitos. Como metodologia, foram realizados pesquisa bibliográfica um estudo caso através da aplicação orientado pela ferramenta DMAIC, com intuito desenvolver projeto busca diminuição variabilidade processo aumento seu nível sigma. Através ut...

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