... at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Lean production Industry 4.0 and 5.0 Smart production Paradox theory Human-centred technology Production development Dynamic equilibrium The advent of advanced digital technologies, typified by Industry 4.0, opens up new...

...Roberto Chavez; Wantao Yu; Mark Jacobs; Chee Yew Wong Purpose This study aims to investigate whether Industry 4.0 digital technologies can enhance the effects of lean production on social performance. Design/methodology/approach Survey data collected from China’s manufacturing industry...

...Emanuele Gabriel Margherita; Alessio Maria Braccini Purpose This paper uses dialectical inquiry to explore tensions that arise when adopting Industry 4.0 technologies in a lean production system and their reconciliation mechanisms. Design/methodology/approach We conducted an in-depth...

...@ethz.ch 23 02 2022 02 07 2022 03 10 2022 05 10 2022 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Lean production Soft lean practices Moderating effect Pharmaceutical manufacturing To remain competitive, firms...

...Wilfred H. Knol; Kristina Lauche; Roel L.J. Schouteten; Jannes Slomp Purpose Building on the routine dynamics literature, this paper aims to expand our philosophical, practical and infrastructural understanding of implementing lean production. The authors provide a process view on the interplay...

...-organizational collaboration (Da Silva et al., 2018). A more recent study uses discrete-event simulation to examine lean best practice implementation in a multi-echelon supply chain (Rossini and Portiolo-Staudacher, 2019). Lean production Lean supplier development Lean implementation Lean...

...Guilherme Luz Tortorella; Ricardo Giglio; Desirée H. van Dun Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the moderating role of Industry 4.0 technologies on the relationship between lean production (LP) and operational performance improvement within Brazil, a developing economy context...

... understanding of the complex relationship between OIC dimensions, ILP and operational performance. Operational intellectual capital Operational performance Investments in lean practices Lean production Empirical research Lean practices have been adopted by companies across the world...

... use of lean production (LP) practices. Design/methodology/approach The authors analyse questionnaires completed by workers at the single case company undergoing a commonplace lean transformation. The survey items cover both LP items and CVF statements. The propositions are analysed applying...

...Raffaele Secchi; Arnaldo Camuffo Purpose – Adopting a knowledge-based perspective, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the roll-out process of lean production systems and explores the dimensions that might enhance or hinder its performance. It develops a framework to understand and design...

... by the Japanese is less. One of the reasons for this may be that the Japanese prefer the term Toyota production over LM. Some of the observations, results, and discussion based on the literature review are presented in this section. Lean manufacturing Lean production Lean literature review...

...) system, or applying the tools and techniques associated with lean production. In fact, many companies are today applying both approaches in an attempt to realise competitive advantage in the global marketplace. However, there seems to be an ongoing debate within the academic literature as to whether lean...

... Limited 2013 Performance measurement Lean production Assessment instrument Lean service Service industries In the reviewed literature, three main types of items could be identified. The first type of items focus on enablers of lean adoption, the second focus on the extent of use...

...Mandar Dabhilkar; Pär Åhlström Purpose Against the background of the often politicized debate on the advantages and disadvantages of production models based on sociotechnical systems (STS) theory and lean production (LP), this paper develops a notion of a hybrid model consisting of elements...

... Internal lean practices Operational performance Industry clockspeed Lean production Operations management Ireland In the past two decades, much attention has been paid to lean manufacturing with successful examples such as the Toyota production system (Womack et al., 1990 ; Womack...

...Rui Sousa; Pedro Oliveira; José Moyano‐Fuentes; Macarena Sacristán‐Díaz; Pedro José Martínez‐Jurado Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the impact of the level of cooperation in the supply chain on lean production (LP) adoption. The effect of the level of cooperation...

... 2012 Manufacturing industries Lean production Employees Manual workers Employees involvement Working environment Research work Health Context Implementation This paper seeks to investigate and question the relationship between lean and the working environment. The concept...

...José Moyano‐Fuentes; Macarena Sacristán‐Díaz Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present an analysis of research on lean production (LP) since the concept was developed at the end of the 1980s with the aim of developing a model that permits an extended and comprehensive understanding of LP...

... as experimentalists. Table I presents some examples of the implementation of Lean in healthcare indicating various approaches and tools that have been used, including Lean production, flow, rapid improvement events (RIE) [1] , and process mapping in hospitals to improve emergency care services, intensive care...

... into customer‐centric, lean productivity, the paper examines the potential mediating role of an “operations‐as‐marketing” strategy in framing IT investment decisions. Design/methodology/approach The research uses path analysis, involving a sample of third‐party logistics (3PL) firms. Findings Evidence...