Manufacturing sector has traditionally employed the concepts of lean manufacturing for
production optimization and waste elimination. However, the looming danger of climate …

ABSTRACT Despite its potentialities, Lean Automation (LA) has not attracted attention for
over two decades. However, due to the new opportunities offered by Industry 4.0 …

Abstract Undoubtedly, Lean Supply Chain Management (LSCM) has been widely identified
as a powerful approach to improving supply chain performance and gaining competitive …

Lean philosophy has been one of the most prominent methodologies of process
improvement. Positive results from lean implementations have motivated managers to carry …

Nowadays, in globalization industries are adopting new techniques and tools to produce
goods for sustainability. However, manufacturing industries are facing challenges to …

Purpose In the modern manufacturing environment, it is imperative to apply the
manufacturing concepts of lean, agile, resilient and green, collectively known as LARG …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop and validate an extended Define-Measure-
Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC) based framework through a case study of an Indian …

This paper describes a start-to-end lean tools (LTs) selection model for manufacturing
industries. The integrated model utilises value stream map** (VSM) and plant layout for …

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are lag in lean manufacturing (LM)
implementation. The purpose of this study is to develop an effective LM implementation …

Globalization breeds increasing competition. In today's dynamic climate, lean thinking has
been found a promising business continuous improvement strategy for improving quality …