... anxiety as a driver of kaizen-enabling behavior and individual engagement. Kaizen and lean are often discussed as parallel streams in the literature, both emphasizing continuous improvement, operational efficiency and employee involvement (Imai, 1986 ; Womack et al., 1990). Empirical...

...Guilherme Brittes Benitez; Diego Biondo; João Felipe Capioto Seelent; Dalton Alexandre Kai Purpose This study aims to investigate the role of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies (base and front-end) on the deployment of Lean bundles (just-in-time, total productive maintenance and total quality...

...Lorenzo Pirrone; Mark Grothkopp; Lukas Budde; Thomas Friedli Purpose Although benefits are promising, many companies face problems leveraging synergies between Lean and Digitalization at the program management level. This paper aims to identify activities to manage the boundaries of Lean...

... by firms amidst evolving business dynamics. This research examines the influence of I4.0 technologies on lean, agile resilient and green practices and their impact on supply chain performance. Design/methodology/approach Survey data from Pakistani manufacturing enterprises were analyzed using SMART PLS...

...Diego Biondo; Dalton Alexandre Kai; Edson Pinheiro de Lima; Guilherme Brittes Benitez Purpose While previous operations management literature acknowledges the positive influence of Lean and Industry (I4.0) on performance, recent studies examining the synergy between these two factors have produced...

... significant for SMEs compared to large companies. Such transformation could face internal resistance, which evokes the need to put it into a socio-technical perspective such as lean. This paper investigates how SMEs could implement digital tools and technologies in their operations. Design/methodology...

... of technology, lean, quality and human resource practices. Findings The four manufacturing practices positively enhance performance: quality and lean practices produce the most consistent effects, while technology and human resource practices turn more beneficial in the latest sample. Furthermore...

... to develop a socio-technical lean system to be integrated with AM more effectively leading to successful leagile manufacturing. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only The objective of this research is to investigate the hierarchical relationships...

... and implemented in practice, but few works on lean management and much fewer works consider both lean management and workload control (WLC) (Portioli-Staudacher et al., 2020). Kaustav Kundu can be contacted at: kaustavk09@gmail.com 15 05 2021 07 09 2021 02 01 2022 09 02 2022...

...Matteo Rossini; Fabiana Dafne Cifone; Bassel Kassem; Federica Costa; Alberto Portioli-Staudacher Purpose Industry 4.0 and Lean Production are a successful match in terms of performance improvement. While we understand the combined potential, there is still poor understanding of how companies...

... suggested as a cause for the lack of success. Studies on lean implementation have been conducted from external views focusing on visible indicators, but few seek the employee's perception of lean initiatives. The authors propose a Toyota Production System – Toyota Way (TPS-TW) model approach using employee...

...Guilherme Tortorella; Diego Fettermann; Michel Anzanello; Rapinder Sawhney Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the relationship between the behavioral orientation of leaders from different hierarchical levels and the implementation phase of the lean manufacturing (LM...

... The relevance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in contributing to the economy and social development is increasingly felt in the current business environment. Focusing on sustainable development, SMEs have also implemented many acting strategies of large-scale enterprises such as lean and green practices...

...Zuliyanti Hanizan Ainul Azyan; Venkateswarlu Pulakanam; Dirk Pons Purpose Lean principles are applied in manufacturing and service industries extensively, but its successful application in the printing industry has been poor. The purpose of this paper is to explore the factors that impede...

.... This will give rise to a loss of overall system performance, which can be seriously aggravated by ingroup favoritism. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Culture Lean Productivity Management techniques Corporate culture To function...

... rights only The purpose of this paper is to analyze relationships between operational characteristics and business growth in Italian manufacturing companies comparing high lean performers (HLPs), which are companies with a high degree of application of lean practices, and low lean performers...

...Gopalakrishnan Narayanamurthy; Anand Gurumurthy Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe a leanness assessment methodology that takes into account the interaction between lean elements for computing the systemic leanness and for assisting continuous improvement of lean implementation...

...Siddarth Srinivasan; Laura Hughes Ikuma; Mahmoud Shakouri; Isabelina Nahmens; Craig Harvey Purpose – 5S is a commonly used Lean tool that focusses on creating an organized work environment, but the effects of 5S on safety climate are not as well studied. The purpose of this paper is to determine...

...Dr Arijit Bhattacharya, Dr Walid Cheffi and Dr Prasanta Kumar Dey; Peter Ayeni; Peter Ball; Tim Baines Purpose – Despite many Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) organisations alluding their positive business performances to the adoption Lean initiatives, there is a paucity of direct literature...

...@southwales.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Sustainability Lean Agile manufacturing Resiliency Manufacturing companies are now operating in less secure and more complex environments. This in turn focuses their business and manufacturing facilities to cater for a wider range...