Purpose: A literature review was conducted to explore the necessary competencies for
leaders in health care to implement Lean management successfully throughout their …

The modern manufacturing organisations have been adopting both lean and sustainable
manufacturing paradigms to survive in the competitive environment. Lean and sustainable …

The research aims a) to make visible joints of informational intoxication as persuasive
communication action and b) to differentiate informational intoxication from disinformation …

Digitizing supply chains is a trend that continues to grow. The purpose of this chapter is to
explore the digitization trends affecting supply chains and highlight some key benefits and …

Initial Analysis is one of the most important phases of Inventive Design, where designers
apply the existing methods to formulate a problem. One of these methods is problem graph …

Abstract Inventive Design Methodology (IDM) has been developed to provide formalism to
classical TRIZ. However, this methodology is perceived as long and tedious by its users with …

Pursuing quality as one of the main goals of a competitive manufacturing company is very
important. The quantity of features and characteristics of a product reflects its quality. One of …

In this paper, Florentin Smarandache, reputed professor at University of New Mexico,
presents a new branch of philosophy, called neutrosphy, which studies the origin, nature …

The utilisation of lean within the manufacturing sector has been well documented.
Principally it has been utilised as an instrument for improvement of processes and the …

Coal fly ash is an industrial by-product produced from the burning of pulverized coal, during
electricity generation in the thermal power plants. Fly ash is considered a major global …