Purpose Many manufacturers are exploring adopting smart technologies in their operations,
also referred to as the shift towards “Industry 4.0”. Employees' contribution to high-tech …

Purpose Lean remains popular in a wide range of private and public sectors and continues
to attract a significant amount of research. However, most of this research is not grounded in …

Integrated personalized diabetes management (IPDM) has emerged as a promising
approach to improving outcomes in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). This care approach …

Purpose Why are some lean workfloor teams able to improve their already high
performance, over time, and others not? By studying teams' and leaders' behaviour-value …

Purpose Frontline teams are at the centre of lean transformations, but the teams also
transform as they implement lean. This study examines these changes and seeks to …

In response to the disruptions caused by COVID-19, hospitals around the world proactively
or reactively developed and/or re-organized their governance structures to manage the …

Purpose The present research aims to understand how the literature on lean leadership is
currently structured. For this, the thematic subdivisions within the subject (thematic clusters) …

The effective planning and control of healthcare systems are receiving growing research
interest owing to their complexities and the importance of healthcare to society. Techniques …

Understanding nurses' perception of service climate in a resource-constrained environment
undergoing continuous change is important as patients seek patient-centered health …

This paper provides insights into the use of performance data by middle managerial staff in
Ontario hospitals in 2019 and compares the results to a study conducted in Europe in the …