... Lean Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 23K01507 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001691 Interesting because – In contrast to prior research that emphasizes organizational or system-level factors, this study focuses on how individual psychological traits...

...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. Assadej Vanichchinchai can be contacted at: assadej_v@yahoo.com 01 02 2022 02 05 2022 09 07 2022 23 08 2022 24 08 2022 © Emerald Publishing...

...Kaustav Kundu; Matteo Rossini; Federica Costa Due to high customization, companies, which used to follow the make-to-stock (MTS) strategy, are now adopting the make-to-order (MTO) strategy along with MTS in order to cope with high variability in customer demand. Although lean is quite...

...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...

... acting strategies of large-scale enterprises such as lean and green practices. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the linkage between lean manufacturing practices (LMPs) in SMEs and their sustainability performances. Further, this study explores the relationship between the triple bottom line...

... the mitigation approaches? If yes, which? The following research objectives were pursued to answer these research questions. Culture Lean Productivity Management techniques Corporate culture To function effectively, work groups of high task interdependence require a distinct degree...

...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...

... companies) in the business economy decreased by 5 percent from 2008 to 2013, with small companies experiencing the highest decline (15 percent). Ramnath and Bureau (2008) in their article affirmed that a moment of economic stress spurs businesses in getting started with lean management. A Spanish...

...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...

... literature. Furthermore, the frameworks and models are focused upon the application of a single paradigm approach towards achieving supply chain resiliency/sustainability (i.e. application or Six Sigma, Lean, etc.) rather than the creation of an integrated model that effectively integrates the key elements...

...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...