Purpose–The advent of recession at the beginning of twenty-first century forced many
organizations worldwide to reduce cost and to be more responsive to customer demands …

This paper introduces a literature review of 83 studies dealing with the degree of adoption of
lean manufacturing practices around the world, and the links between those practices and …

Todo proceso de mejora continua debe promover que las condiciones de trabajo se
presenten de manera que los retrasos, las pérdidas de operatividad o cualquier fallo se …

Environmentally sustainable activities have received an increasing interest among the firms
to improve their practices in the supply chain. Although environmental regulations force firms …

Big data (BD) has attracted increasing attention from both academics and practitioners. This
paper aims at illustrating the role of big data analytics in supporting world-class sustainable …

Based on five lean principles, a systematic lean implementation methodology for
manufacturing organizations has been proposed. A simplified leanness evaluation metric …

Green supply chain management is a concept that is gaining popularity in the South East
Asian region. For many organizations in this region it is a way to demonstrate their sincere …

This study explored contextual or determining factors and their impacts on lean
manufacturing in small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating in food-processing …

The increasing use of lean production (LP) by companies from several sectors has
substantially increased the amount of publications and different emphases on the subject …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to act as a meticulous conceptual paper probing the
contemporary view towards lean and illustrate that, despite its discernible benefits, the …