A systematic literature review on recent lean research: state‐of‐the‐art and future directions

P Danese, V Manfè, P Romano - International Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Lean management (LM) has attracted the interest of scientists and practitioners since 1990,
when Womack et al.(Womack, JP, Jones, DT and Roos, D.(1990). The Machine that …

Lean manufacturing: literature review and research issues

J Bhamu, K Singh Sangwan - International Journal of Operations & …, 2014 - emerald.com
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 …

Discrete-event simulation modeling in healthcare: a comprehensive review

JI Vázquez-Serrano, RE Peimbert-García… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Discrete-event simulation (DES) is a stochastic modeling approach widely used to address
dynamic and complex systems, such as healthcare. In this review, academic databases …

Lean services: a systematic review

S Gupta, M Sharma, V Sunder M - International Journal of productivity …, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of Lean methodology
through an exhaustive literature review, and its implications and application in the service …

Lean manufacturing systems in the area of Industry 4.0: A lean automation plan of AGVs/IoT integration

IP Vlachos, RM Pascazzi, G Zobolas… - … planning & control, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Industry 4.0 represents a new industrial paradigm ignited by disruptive technologies that can
transform manufacturing into a cyber-physical system that integrates products, people and …

Lean six sigma approach for reducing length of hospital stay for patients with femur fracture in a university hospital

A Scala, AM Ponsiglione, I Loperto… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Surgical intervention within 48 h of hospital admission is the gold standard procedure for the
management of elderly patients with femur fractures, since the increase in preoperative …

A framework for measuring sustainability in healthcare systems

OA AlJaberi, M Hussain, PR Drake - International journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this paper is to identify sustainability factors in the healthcare sector,
introduce a hierarchical framework for the sustainability factors, and prioritize the importance …