...Violetta Giada Cannas; Valentina Lazzarotti; Rossella Pozzi; Nicolò Saporiti; Andrea Urbinati Purpose This study aims to investigate the impact of Lean Production (LP) and Industry 4.0 (I4.0) on the adoption of Circular Economy (CE) within manufacturing firms, also considering the potential...

...Zirong Hao; Jinxia Jiao Purpose This paper aims to investigate the role of lean production and sustainable supply chain practices in the relationship between servitization and corporate sustainable performance(including economic and environmental performance). Design/methodology/approach...

... performance (BP) in lean production (LP) environments. Design/methodology/approach Three hypotheses are tested using covariance-based structural equations modeling (CB-SEM). The previous literature shows that IS flexibility does not mediate the LP-BP relationship. The three hypotheses add the mediating...

... literature that discusses the interaction between lean production (LP) and the fourth industrial revolution (i.e. Industry 4.0). The study aims to understand how the interaction unfolds and whether it is synergistic. Design/methodology/approach The research relies on a systematic literature review...

...Tinotenda Machingura; Olufemi Adetunji; Catherine Maware Purpose Buoyed by the increasing demand for improved productivity and environmentally conscious manufacturing, research in the area of lean production and green manufacturing has experienced significant growth since Dües et al...

... task as it is difficult to standardize production times, reduce costs and improve productivity (Dombrowski et al., 2017 ; Ku et al., 2020). To reduce this problem, more manufacturing firms are incorporating lean production (LP) in the context of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) (Fiorello et...

...Bruna Dones Gayer; Tarcisio Abreu Saurin; Michel Anzanello Purpose Resilience in lean production systems (LPSs) relies on both formal and informal practices. Considering that these latter are relatively less explored, this paper describes the nature and role of informal resilience practices...

...Tarcisio Abreu Saurin; Guilherme Luz Tortorella; Marlon Soliman; Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes Purpose This paper presents an exploratory investigation of myths on lean production (LP), by identifying, dispelling and assessing their pervasiveness. Design/methodology/approach A list of myths...

...Guilherme Tortorella; Rapinder Sawhney; Daniel Jurburg; Istefani Carisio de Paula; Diego Tlapa; Matthias Thurer Purpose The objective of this research is twofold. First, we aim at identifying the pairwise relationships between Lean Production (LP) practices and Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies...

... Limited Licensed re-use rights only Performance measurement Lean manufacturing Lean production Key performance indicators Lean organization Lean dimensions The initiation of recession at the commencement of the twenty-first century acted as a catalyst to enforce various organizations...

... rights only Lean manufacturing Lean production Pairwise comparison Interpretive ranking process Lean barrier Employee-related barriers include employee resistance to change, human aspects, non-lean behavior, and lack of employee empowerment. (Note: being consistent with the related...

...Amine Belhadi; Fatima Ezahra Touriki; Said El fezazi Purpose The implementation of lean production in small manufacturing enterprises (SMEs) harbors a great deal of barriers on practical, theoretical, financial and organizational sides. In view of this, the purpose of this paper is to explore...

... Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Shop floor control systems are generally major points of discussion in production planning and control literature. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how lean production control principles can be used in a make...

...G.L.D. Wickramasinghe; Vathsala Wickramasinghe Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of lean production practices and lean duration (the duration for which lean production is in operation) on manufacturing performance. Design/methodology/approach The survey was used...

... approach that can capture the systemic interactions of lean elements while assessing their implementation. The objective of this study is to address this unique gap. Evaluation Continuous improvement Lean Lean manufacturing Lean production Above requirements are being addressed...

...), an important, yet highly fragmented subject that is frequently referred in lean production accounts. Algan Tezel can be contacted at: algantezel@gmail.com 29 08 2015 05 04 2016 08 06 2016 Contemporary society has experienced an explosion of the visual (Baudrillard, 1994 ; Lester...

... principles and techniques have been widely used by textile and apparel manufacturing firms to achieve these and gain competitive advantage. Lean production has emphasized upon the re-examination of the role of improved maintenance management toward enhancing the organization’s competitiveness (Riis et al...

...Vathsala Wickramasinghe; G.L.D. Wickramasinghe Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate design features of variable pay plans adopted for shop-floor workers engaged in manufacturing firms that had implemented lean production systems, and the effects of design features on their job...

... previous studies have addressed the issue. Seyoum Eshetu Birkie can be contacted at: Seyoumeshetu.birkie@polimi.it © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Risk management Supply chain management Resilience Lean production Complementarity Disruption A news item about the 2011...

...Vikram Sharma; Amit Rai Dixit; Mohammad Asim Qadri Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of lean production practices on performance measures in machine tool industry and determines the lean criteria that can have significant positive impact on performance. Design...