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...J technol manag innov volume issue application of lean manufacturing tools in the food and beverage industries rui borges lopes filipa freitas ines sousa abstract recent years have shown an increasing use lm principles several industrial sectors already a well established management philosophy it has numerous successful applications even outside production environments this work presents some corresponding shift two portuguese companies main implementation issues are presented discussed followed by results obtained from system these significant gains both more importantly instills continuous improvement culture increases flexibility while reducing lead times keywords process innovation case studies submitted june th approved october introduction despite success record practices also brought about risks for example managing supply chains re as is one critical factors productivity duction inventories created high vulnerability to turbulences utterback abernathy initiatives thun hoenig re...