Title: Application of STAMP methodology in one complex manufacturing system

Authors: Marcelo Santiago De Sousa; Felipe Martins Torres; Ariosto Bretanha Jorge

Addresses: Federal University of Itajubá (UNIFEI), Av. BPS, 1303, Itajubá – MG, Brazil ' Federal University of Itajubá (UNIFEI), Av. BPS, 1303, Itajubá – MG, Brazil ' Federal University of Itajubá (UNIFEI), Av. BPS, 1303, Itajubá – MG, Brazil

Abstract: The use of system theoretic accident model and processes (STAMP) is presented in this work in order to increase the efficiency in a production system. The motivation for this research is the possibility to apply STAMP together with the Lean philosophy and tools, to eliminate wastes in a production system. The main contribution of this study is based on the application of the methodology STAMP (commonly used for safety/security analyses and identification of accident causes) as a management tool. Besides assisting Lean on the wastes elimination, STAMP can help the process of taking decisions in a company. The results obtained and presented in this work show that STAMP methodology has the potential to be used together with the Lean approach, allowing the acquisition of more information than in the case where only Lean was used.

Keywords: manufacturing system; STAMP; systems engineering; production system; management; Lean philosophy.

DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2017.087189

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2017 Vol.27 No.3, pp.311 - 339

Received: 13 Jun 2015
Accepted: 28 Aug 2015
Published online: 11 Oct 2017 *

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