Industry 4.0 triggered by Lean Thinking: insights from a systematic literature review

VL Bittencourt, AC Alves, CP Leão - International Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Lean Thinking has successfully challenged mass production practices, by providing
'leaner'processes and supply chains, ie with less waste. Industry 4.0 has become an …

Lean manual assembly 4.0: A systematic review

A Miqueo, M Torralba, JA Yagüe-Fabra - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
In a demand context of mass customization, shifting towards the mass personalization of
products, assembly operations face the trade-off between highly productive automated …

Prioritizing process improvement initiatives in manufacturing environments

F Aqlan, L Al-Fandi - International Journal of Production Economics, 2018 - Elsevier
In today's competitive and globalized markets, companies need to focus on eliminating
wastes in their processes and implement continuous improvement initiatives. Lean and Six …

Lean thinking: a transversal and global management philosophy to achieve sustainability benefits

P Amaro, AC Alves, RM Sousa - Lean Engineering for Global Development, 2019 - Springer
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the relevance of Lean Thinking principles
implementation around the world, both in industry and services, based on the growing …

Improving manual assembly lines devoted to complex electronic devices by applying Lean tools

D Correia, FJG Silva, RM Gouveia, T Pereira… - Procedia …, 2018 - Elsevier
Manual assembly lines are usually deeply studied before implementation. Nevertheless,
several problems upsurge when the product needs to be slightly changed. This is very …

Lean manufacturing and Industry 4.0 combinative application: Practices and perceived benefits

M Marinelli, AA Deshmukh, M Janardhanan… - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the industry practices regarding the combinative use of Industry 4.0
and lean tools in the manufacturing sector. Following review of the literature, a questionnaire …

Augmented Reality in a Lean Workplace at Smart Factories: A Case Study

AC Pereira, AC Alves, P Arezes - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The last few years have seen a massive transformation of the global industrial landscape,
thanks to the emergence of Industry 4.0 and the disruptive technologies it enables, such as …

Lean thinking: an essential mindset

AC Alves - IEEE Engineering Management Review, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Lean thinking is a fundamental mindset to promote societal transformations and prepare
society to properly adopt and use Industry 4.0 technologies. These technologies continue to …

HATS project for lean and smart global logistic: A ship** company case study

E Frontoni, R Rosetti, M Paolanti, AC Alves - Manufacturing Letters, 2020 - Elsevier
Global logistic activities related to e-commerce have become very time dependent in recent
years. International couriers face everyday issues related to pick-up time windows, lead …

[PDF][PDF] How industry 4.0 can enhance lean practices.

AC Pereira, J Dinis-Carvalho, AC Alves… - Fme …, 2019 - researchgate.net
The global industrial landscape has deeply changed over the last few years and the Industry
4.0 concept has emerged, being enabled by successive disruptive innovations and …