... evidence explaining how Digital Twin Adoption (DT) contributes to Circular Economy Practices (CE) through Lean Manufacturing Practices (LM) in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) remains limited. This study examines the direct effect of DT on CE and the mediating role of LM in manufacturing SMEs...

...Nneoma Benita Amos-Fidelis; Edafe Bawa Dogo; Ebenezer Adaku; Joseph Ashiboye Purpose In resource-constrained and volatile environments typical of emerging economies, manufacturing firms face mounting pressure to enhance sustainability. While prior research has explored lean manufacturing...

...Jianhua Zhang; Terefe Alemu Telila; Wegene Demisie Jima Purpose In the contemporary digital era, innovation represents a fundamental source of competitive advantage and sustainability within the manufacturing industry. Drawing on this premise, this study empirically examines how lean manufacturing...

... towards Industry 5.0. Practical implications The proposed framework and related practices can be used by companies to facilitate their transition towards Industry 5.0, leveraging on Lean Manufacturing. Originality/value The innovative contribution of the present work mainly refers to the proposed...

...Gaurav Kumar Badhotiya; Anand Gurumurthy; Yogesh Marawar; Gunjan Soni Purpose Lean manufacturing (LM) concepts have been widely adopted in diverse industrial sectors. However, no literature review focusing on case studies describing LM implementation is available. Case studies represent the actual...

... contexts and industries, including innovation, service, healthcare, and startups. However, when it comes to its historical adoption in production, it is commonly referred to as LP or lean manufacturing (Ohno, 1988). LP is typically described from two perspectives: a philosophical viewpoint encompassing...

... of Industry 4.0 related technologies and lean manufacturing methods and tools. Research limitations/implications Since the database was not built under an experimental design, it is not expected to make statistical inferences about the variables. Furthermore, the decision to use an available database...

...Paulo Roberto Tardio; Jones Luís Schaefer; Elpidio Oscar Benitez Nara; Marcelo Carneiro Gonçalves; Izamara Cristina Palheta Dias; Guilherme Brittes Benitez; Andreia de Castro e Silva Purpose This research examines the impact of integrating lean manufacturing (LM) principles and Industry 4.0 (I4.0...

...Rafael Henao; William Sarache Purpose Sustainability has become a priority for companies due to pressure from multiple stakeholders. In an overly competitive market, shareholders push for economic results, allowing lean manufacturing to establish itself as dominant paradigm in manufacturing...

... evolution of the original formulation by Shingo (1985) , thanks to the integration of Lean Manufacturing and the new possibilities introduced by Industry 4.0, also referred to as smart manufacturing (Buer et al., 2018 ; Pagliosa et al., 2021 ; Sanders et al., 2016). SMED...

... at: elena.pessot@unisi.it 23 12 2022 16 03 2023 14 04 2023 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Lean manufacturing Technological innovation Small and medium sized enterprises Case studies The success...

...@tecnun.es 30 11 2021 28 03 2022 04 05 2022 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Green manufacturing Lean manufacturing Case studies Sustainable production One of the most influential operational management...

...Cristian Castillo Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify the perception of workers before, during and after the implementation of changes derived from the lean manufacturing (LM) technique called value stream mapping (VSM) analysis and the causes that lead to this perception. Design...

... and innovative improvements. The main objective of reducing variation in a product or service is to satisfy customers (Andersson et al., 2006). Another continuous improvement methodology that has been implemented throughout organizations is lean manufacturing (LM). The concept was introduced on a larger...

... © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Lean manufacturing Capabilities Performance Buyer-supplier relationships Developing countries The garment industry of Bangladesh is an example of a labour-intensive industry, and cheap...

...Falah Abu; Muhamad Zameri Mat Saman; Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes; Hamed Gholami; Norhayati Zakuan Purpose This study analyses the challenges in implementing lean manufacturing (LM) in the wood and furniture industry. In order to facilitate the smooth implementation of LM practices in this industry...

... elimination, accomplishing outstanding operational efficiency levels. In the academic field, numerous authors have studied the aforementioned empirical evidence and have suggested that lean manufacturing initiatives improve companies' operational performance (Demeter and Matyusz, 2011 ; Shah and Ward...

... identified manifest variables to have an insight of a holistic framework that will provide effective directions for LMI. Lean manufacturing Lean implementation Internal operational factors Economic volatility Environmental uncertainty Lean philosophy is a unified socio-technical system...

... firm. José Moyano-Fuentes can be contacted at: jmoyano@ujaen.es 29 10 2019 22 01 2020 11 04 2020 21 06 2020 02 07 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Lean manufacturing Efficiency Supply chain...

.... Esra Kurt Tekez can be contacted at: etekez@sakarya.edu.tr 05 09 2019 27 12 2019 08 05 2020 13 05 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Lean manufacturing Leanness Performance measures Fuzzy ANP...