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The objective of this study is to analyze the adherence of the Karakuri (low-cost automation) technology for eliminating Lean wastes in healthcare units. To carry out this study reports of continuous improvement practices were analyzed from three Units located in the State of São Paulo (Brazil). These practices of Lean Healthcare approach implementation were applied during the period from June to October 2020. The present literature on the term Karakuri was also analyzed in four data research bases and it was made a study around correlate cases. In conclusion, it is noted that Karakuri seems capable of eliminating the main wastes reported in the analyzed health units in question, which are: defects, motion, waiting, and not using human talent.
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The authors would like to thank the Toyota Brazil Company for the contribution with this research.
The authors also would like to thank the Federal Fluminense University and the Fundação Euclides da Cunha, which made the research project funded by the Ministry of Health of Brazil viable; TED 125/2019, Number: 25000191682201908.
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Nascimento, S.D., da Silva, M.H.T., Pinto, S.C., Calado, R.D., Alves, R.R. (2021). Karakuri: A Proposal to Waste Reduce in the Health Service. In: Dolgui, A., Bernard, A., Lemoine, D., von Cieminski, G., Romero, D. (eds) Advances in Production Management Systems. Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable and Resilient Production Systems. APMS 2021. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 631. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85902-2_39
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