Six Sigma and performance measurement are subjects under investigation for practical and academic purposes. In this way, Six Sigma Program is a remarkable continuous improvement program with exceptional results in short ...

A series of methods and techniques has gained prominence in the organizations that possess a standard of system for development of products - SDP in the conceptual phase of the project, as well as in redesign when ...

Food advertising and it effect on the food choices has been the target of frequent debates, being attributed to a great part of the responsibility for the problems of bad feeding of the population. Such situation has led ...

The service industry is continuously growing, reaching positions of higher prominence in the world and Brazilian economies. Its position is relevant in the composition of worldwide GDP. Over the last few years, the ...

Most companies attempting to implement Lean Manufacturing have focused only on the manufacturing process (tools and techniques) and have ignored the cultural aspects, essential to the change management process. This ...

The present research aimed understanding three variables existents in the manual sugar cane cut activity: workforce conditions, productivity and risks to the worker s health. To reach this objective it was necessary to ...

Building actions related to health and safety in small and medium enterprises are not easy tasks, since these enterprises need to deal with poor information, lack of available resources and methodologies developed according ...

Since the 90 decade, Brazilian milk sector has suffered important changes, mainly due to macroeconomic, concurrential and consumption modifications in the country. Among those changes, it is been observed new transaction ...

Informality in Brazilian milk market is high and involves social and economical problems. This thesis aims to identify potential determinants of informal milk and cheese trade in the region of São Carlos /SP. It presents ...

The present work aims a joint application of Activity Based Costing (ABC) with Economic Value Added (EVA) in a poultry agropecuary cooperative. Firstly, it was defined the following for the development of the model of ...