Publisher URL: https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/625663/1/DepositEvaluation%20of%20Lean%20practices%20in%20Warehouses-%20An%20analysis%20of%20Brazilian%20reality.pdf
Publisher DOI: 10.1108/IJPPM-01-2019-0034
Title: Evaluation of lean practices in warehouses: an analysis of Brazilian reality
Language: English
Authors: Pereira, Caroline 
Anholon, Rosley 
Rampasso, Izabela Simon 
Quelhas, Osvaldo Luiz Goncalves 
Leal, Walter  
de Santa-Eulalia, Luis Antonio 
Issue Date: 20-Feb-2020
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Journal or Series Name: The international journal of productivity and performance management : IJPPM 
Volume: 70
Issue: 1
Startpage: 1
Endpage: 20
Abstract: 
Purpose

This article aims to investigate the most applied lean warehouse practices in Brazilian warehouses.
Design/methodology/approach

To perform this research, three phases were conducted: a literature review, a multiple case study, and an analysis of lean warehouses practices implementation by an engineering committee. Thus, both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used. Additionally, the study has an applied nature, with an exploratory and descriptive character.
Findings

Results showed that regardless of the type of criterion used, the most implanted practices are those that do not involve investments in technology. On the other hand, practices like RFID and Cross Docking systems were not found in any of the operations, which shows numerous possibilities for improvement.
Originality/value

The main contribution of this article is to initiate a debate about the management and productivity of Brazilian warehouses, a theme still little explored by the academic community despite the importance that the logistic scenario represents for Brazil as an emerging country and leader in Latin America, participating actively in several global supply chains.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12738/4856
ISSN: 1741-0401
Institute: Department Gesundheitswissenschaften 
Fakultät Life Sciences 
Type: Article
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