Case study: Analysis and application of Lean manufacturing in a cake mix production line

Lean Manufacturing, a literal translation of the Lean Manufacturing quality tool, is suitable for the most varied segments and can be widely applied in the food industry, which presents greater demands with the growing population. With the market expansion of brands, there is an urgent need to apply effective methodologies in the company. One of these methodologies is Lean Manufacturing, a management system focused on reducing waste with gains in quality, whose central objective is to deliver maximum value with the least amount of resources possible, through tools that are applied, in agreement with the needs of the industry. Among the most applied tools are: Method and Time Studies, SMED, 5'S, Kanban, Flow Mapping, Poke-Yoke, Kaizen and Set-Up, Brainstorming, among others. The term brainstorming means a storm of ideas, which consists of forming a group of people who have knowledge of the subject that will be addressed, which can help discover solutions to a problem (Pauling, 1960; Soares and Brito, 2008).