...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...

... the OP. This study contributes to the literature on LP and I4.0 by providing robust empirical evidence of the positive effects of implementing these approaches on the GSC and OP of manufacturing companies. Lean production Industry 4.0 Green supply chain Operational performance...

...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...

... and practitioners in the field of lean performance measurement. It is expected that the proposed framework will help the managers to justify the implementation of lean in their organizations. Performance measurement Lean manufacturing Lean production Key performance indicators Lean organization Lean...

... of literature review and experts in the evaluation approach justifies the value of the study. Linda Zhang is the corresponding author and can be contacted at: l.zhang@ieseg.fr Lean manufacturing Lean production Pairwise comparison Interpretive ranking process Lean barrier 22 04 2017...

...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...

... 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-to-order (MTO) job shop, where the volume is typically low and there is high variety. This paper examines the procedures involved...

...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...

... to facilitate CI in LT implementation. Evaluation Continuous improvement Lean Lean manufacturing Lean production Toyota Production System in the name of lean manufacturing has been implemented by various manufacturing firms across countries for more than four decades (Stone, 2012). For past...

... of this paper is to holistically discuss, explore and synthesise the key literature on visual management (VM), an important, yet highly fragmented subject that is frequently referred in lean production accounts. It should be highlighted here that the research method for this paper is a synthetic...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Lean production Flexibility Total productive maintenance Cost Quality Delivery With the challenges of stiff competition worldwide and the drive for profits, the global textile and apparel manufacturing industry is under pressure to provide...

...) and Dabhilkar et al. (2013) . Risk management Supply chain management Resilience Lean production Complementarity Disruption A news item about the 2011 Japan Triple disaster reads: “The earthquake and ensuing tsunami and nuclear crisis have revealed flaws in ‘just-in-time...

...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...

...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...