lean in Brazil

Easing the pain

Case studiesMar 31, 2023

WEB SERIES – Today, we launch a new documentary series on lean around the world, with the first season focusing on lean in Brazil. In the first episode, we visit the lean clinic on a mission to reduce the burden on cancer in our lives.

Reflecting on our 15-year journey

FeaturesMar 15, 2023

Carlos Frederico Pinto

FEATURE – PL readers will likely be familiar with IOV, the cancer clinic in Brazil that’s become a reference for lean healthcare for countless organizations. Here, Dr Fred looks back at IOV’s 15-year journey.

Yokoten and a logistics improvement in healthcare

Lean HealthcareMay 27, 2022

IOV and a city's logistics team

FEATURE – In this article, we hear about how the lean successes of one hospital inspired an entire healthcare authority to introduce changes to their processes.

Creating a model primary care unit

Case studiesApr 7, 2022

The CSJ primary care team

CASE STUDY – This primary care unit in Brazil is hoping to become a model for other units in their system. Take note, this is how Lean Thinking can spread across healthcare systems.

Slashing waiting times for cancer care

Case studiesMar 7, 2022

The Previna Project team

CASE STUDY – This project in Brazil, part of a city-wide effort to improve patient flows, led to impressive results in the waiting time to access cancer care.

Lean on the agenda

FeaturesJan 20, 2022

Claudio Marcelo Macedo and João Marcos Linares

FEATURE – This Brazilian manufacturer was able to achieves significant improvements in its processes in just one week thanks to kaizen.

Reinventing reimbursement

Case studiesJul 26, 2021

Tatiana Ferreira, Selma Souza and Luciana Gomes

CASE STUDY – The reimbursement department of the largest independent insurance company in Brazil has brought together lean and digitalization to improve its service to customers.

Launching new medication quicker with Lean Thinking

Case studiesJun 21, 2021

Augusto da Fonseca, Ludmila Xavier and Robson Gouveia

CASE STUDY – Clinical trials are known for their rigorous analysis and approval process. The experience of Roche Brasil teaches us what lean and agile thinking can do to speed it up.

Remote working at SulAmérica

FeaturesMay 10, 2021

Luciana Gomes

FEATURE – Fourteen months after the beginning of the pandemic, the author reflects on the challenges and opportunities that remote working has brought to this insurance company.

Keeping up with change in retail

FeaturesMar 8, 2021

Renato Marinuchi and Claudio Marcelo Macedo

FEATURE – A lean retail experiment: Carrefour Group in Brazil has started a lean journey to rapidly adapt to market changes and reach excellence in the delivery of value to customers.

Our experience teaching lean at SulAmérica

FeaturesAug 13, 2020

Luciana Gomes

FEATURE – What does it take to support a lean transformation from within? The author reflects on the role of the lean team in the turnaround of Brazilian insurance company SulAmérica.

Optimizing material handling with lean

Case studiesJul 27, 2020

Adionil José Fumagali Júnior

CASE STUDY – By streamlining its internal processes, an agribusiness company in Brazil managed to reduce its material handling cycle time by 75% and the associated costs by 66%.

Down with batching

FeaturesJun 8, 2020

Ricardo Felix

FEATURE – To speed up the issuance of insurance policies, a SulAmérica department decided to move away from big batches and start working in flow.

Lean thinking for more resilient supply chains

FeaturesMay 4, 2020

Alvair Silveira Torres Jr.

FEATURE – The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed all the shortcomings of our current supply chains. Lean Thinking can make them more agile, aligned and adaptive.

Sorting out sourcing

FeaturesFeb 20, 2020

Carolina Moraes, Priscilla Ribeiro, Alaine Soares, and Tatiane Zutin

FEATURE – The Sourcing team at insurance company SulAmérica tells us about how they were able to transform the process in their department in order to become more efficient in dealing with their workload.

Extracting waste from our process

Case studiesJan 23, 2020

Rodnei Yogui

CASE STUDY – In a Brazilian insurance company, a team worked hard to streamline the revision of dental claims – a great example of Lean Thinking in an administrative process.

Bringing lean to the people

Case studiesDec 16, 2019

Vagner Agostinho Junior

CASE STUDY – This article briefly outlines the different stages of the lean transformation at Mercedes Benz Brazil, as the company looked for the best approach to engage everyone in continuous improvement.

Daily management in construction

Case studiesDec 9, 2019

Renato Mariz et al

FEATURE – How lean daily management helped a Brazilian construction company to stabilize production in a tailing dam elevation project.

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