... case studies in a pharmaceutical and an automotive firm are reported to support our theoretical argument. Findings The proposed perspective highlights the interaction between various PI approaches – such as lean, Six Sigma and total quality management (TQM) – and the context-dependence...

... can Lean and Industry 4.0 be integrated, and what are the outcomes for workers from such integration? Design/methodology/approach The special issue received 64 papers that were evaluated in multiple stages until this final sample of five papers that describe different facets of the integration...

...Ambra Galeazzo; Andrea Furlan; Diletta Tosetto; Andrea Vinelli Purpose We studied the relationship between job engagement and systematic problem solving (SPS) among shop-floor employees and how lean production (LP) and Internet of Things (IoT) systems moderate this relationship. Design...

...Daryl John Powell; Désirée A. Laubengaier; Guilherme Luz Tortorella; Henrik Saabye; Jiju Antony; Raffaella Cagliano Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the digitalization of operational processes and activities in lean manufacturing firms and explore the associated learning...

...Arnaldo Camuffo; Alberto Poletto Purpose The paper tests if and to what extent lean management system adoption generates abnormal profitability, and how it accrues over time. Configurational approaches to lean management systems and “S-curve” effects in lean implementation are used to ground...

...Sven Januszek; Torbjørn H. Netland; Andrea Furlan Purpose Do managers at different hierarchical levels in a firm perceive the effectiveness of a lean program differently, and does it matter for their commitment to it and the resulting lean implementation? This study answers these questions...

...Henrik Saabye; Daryl John Powell; Paul Coughlan In the practice of theorising, Hansen and Madsen (2019) emphasise the fundamental role of conversation and engagement in a community of scholars. In this regard, we wish to express our gratitude to the lean research community, especially...

...Fernando Naranjo; Larry J. Menor; P. Fraser Johnson Purpose This research proposes and illustrates a conditional view of lean supply chain management (LSCM) based upon the contextual contingent alignment between lean performance objectives (i.e. a contextual factor) and supply chain management...

... by lean production. Regarding the direct links between capability layers, the authors showed that PDCs and POCs have different roles in shaping shop floor PRs: PDCs is linked to I4.0, and lean methods is impacted by POCs. Concerning performance implications, only PDC and POC have significant impact...

...Leopoldo Gutierrez; Bart Alex Lameijer; Gopesh Anand; Jiju Antony; Vijaya Sunder M Purpose The purpose of this study is to theorize and test the relationships among lean operations and lean supply chain practices, learning- and innovation-oriented lean cultures and dynamic capabilities (DCs...

...Sophie V. Fenner; Maricela C. Arellano; Oliver von Dzengelevski; Torbjørn H. Netland Purpose Frontline teams are at the centre of lean transformations, but the teams also transform as they implement lean. This study examines these changes and seeks to understand how lean relates to team...

...' cognitive frames. Process improvement New product development Cognitive frames Paradox Lean While process improvement approaches (PIAs), such as lean, Six Sigma, and total quality management, originate in manufacturing contexts, over time they have been deployed in other functions...

... learning intervention, it was found that a learning-to-learn capability based on lean was a core construct and enabler for manufacturers to adopt Industry 4.0 successfully. Institutionalizing an organizational learning scaffold encompassing the intertwined learning processes of systems Alpha, Beta...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Lean remains popular in a wide range of private and public sectors and continues to attract a significant amount of research. However, most of this research is not grounded in theory. This paper presents and discusses different expert...

... are most conducive to green performance outcomes. The authors further consider the influence of Lean thinking on the importance of these competencies. Design/methodology/approach In study 1, of a multi-method investigation, the authors interview executive search professionals, on how green objectives...

...Vishnu Nath; Rajat Agrawal The study is unique in the sense that it empirically links agility and lean practices with social sustainability orientation, social substantiality performance and operational performance in supply chains. Social sustainability Lean Agility Social...

... of this paper is to investigate how just-in-time (JIT)-related job demands, problem-solving job demands and soft lean practices (SLPs) jointly influence employee well-being in terms of work engagement and exhaustion. Based on the job demands-resources model, lean-related job characteristics were...

... of this paper is to understand the context of major projects and their management from an OM perspective; the authors provide a foundation for exploring how the body of work on lean production (the “old” theory) can contribute to the development of major projects (the “new” context). In doing so, it extends...

... is to address the impact of a multidivisional structure on the implementation of lean manufacturing. It investigates how the controls employed by the corporate level impact the local implementation of lean manufacturing. The paper reports on case studies in three subsidiaries in different multidivisional...

... of these relationships is often anecdotal and speculative (see e.g. Graban and Swartz, 2013). This limitation is also highlighted by a few recent literature reviews on the broader stream of research on lean (Danese et al., 2017a) and lean healthcare (e.g. Holden 2011 ; Costa and Godinho Filho, 2016). In fact...