Production Engineering is the area responsible for planning, designing, implementing, controlling, and optimizing production systems — combining human, technological, and material resources to achieve efficiency, quality, and competitiveness. It operates directly at the interface between product development, testing, processes, logistics, maintenance, and quality management, being essential in Industry 4.0 and
Kaizen is a philosophy of Japanese origin that literally means "change for the better". In the industrial context, it is a systematic approach to continuous improvement, involving all employees — from the operator to the engineer — to eliminate waste, improve processes, and enhance quality. In the industrial testing environment,
TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) is an industrial management methodology focused on maximizing equipment efficiency through the involvement of the entire team — operators, maintenance, and engineering — in preventive, autonomous, and continuous maintenance. Unlike traditional reactive maintenance, TPM promotes a proactive culture that combines technical availability, reliability, and continuous improvement.
Lean Manufacturing, or simply Lean, is an industrial management philosophy focused on eliminating waste, increasing efficiency, and creating customer value with the least possible consumption of resources. Originating from the Toyota production system, Lean is now widely used in factories, laboratories, maintenance sectors, quality, development, and even in offices —