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11:54 Mar 11, 2009
English to Portuguese translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Manufacturing Additional field(s): Engineering: Industrial, Management
English term or phrase:agile manufacturing
Definition from BusinessDictionary.com: Aims at quick turnaround of small batch lots at competitive cost. Agile manufacturers use information technology in machine control and production planning, and to leverage decision making skills and faster flow of information among all departments.
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Agile manufacturing deals with the things you can NOT control. Agility is the ability to thrive and prosper in an environment of constant and unpredictable change. D&ME
Agile Manufacturing is something that many of our corporations have yet to fully comprehend, never mind implement. Agile Manufacturing is likely to be the way business will be conducted in the next century. Cheshire Henbury
Agile manufacturing is seen as the next step after LEAN in the evolution of production methodical. The key difference between the two is like between a thin and an athletic person, agile being the latter. Wikipedia
Definition: A Manufatura Ágil pode ser considerada como uma estrutura com a qual toda empresa pode desenvolver suas próprias estratégias de negócios e produtos.
Definition from http://www.abepro.org.br/biblioteca/ENEG: A Manufatura Ágil pode ser considerada como uma estrutura com a qual toda empresa pode desenvolver suas próprias estratégias de negócios e produtos.
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Paradigmas Estratégicos de Gestão da Manufatura (PEGEMs) são modelos/padrões estratégicos e integrados de gestão adequados
a certas situações do mercado e propõem-se a auxiliar as empre-sas a alcançarem determinado(s) objetivo(s) de desempenho. Os PEGEMs tratados neste artigo são: Manufatura em Massa Atual (MMA), Manufatura Enxuta (ME), Manufatura Responsiva (MR), Customização em Massa (CM) e Manufatura Ágil (MA). - http://www.rausp.usp.br/busca/artigo.asp
Em termos simples, portanto, a manufatura ágil pode ser considerada como aintegração de organização, pessoas instruídas e altamente habilitadas, e tecnologiasavançadas, para atingir a cooperação, e inovação, em resposta as necessidades de suprir osclientes com produtos personalizados e de alta qualidade - http://www.abepro.org.br/biblioteca/ENEG
Isabel Vidigal Brazil Local time: 13:32 Native speaker of: Portuguese PRO pts in category: 4
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