Purpose Industry 4.0 has brought about a paradigm shift in value delivery with the
introduction of disruptive technologies. This has resulted in efforts by organizations to re …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the moderating role of Industry 4.0
technologies on the relationship between lean production (LP) and operational performance …

The rising global pressure from stakeholders regarding climate change and its implications
for the various aspects of manufacturing have pressured industrial leaders to develop …

The ascension of technology and evolution of productive processes indicate that leadership
must evolve to direct organizations in the transition to the fourth industrial revolution. The …

Many companies allocate significant resources to implementing lean on the manufacturing
shop floor, but fewer resources to implementing lean in the product development processes …

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 …

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 …

Digitalization has been increasingly adopted to transform the manufacturing process and
considered as effective to achieve product customization, process efficiency, and firm …

Purpose Industry 4.0 and Lean Production are a successful match in terms of performance
improvement. While we understand the combined potential, there is still poor understanding …

The phenomenon of the Toyota Production System (TPS) and the term “Lean” have received
much attention from researchers and especially practitioners over the past 40 years. As …