The concept of lean product development has attracted the attention of many scholars since
its inception in the 1990s derived from practices at Toyota Motor Company. Key to this …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to holistically discuss, explore and synthesise the key
literature on visual management (VM), an important, yet highly fragmented subject that is …

It is no secret that Lean Six Sigma (LSS) is not as popular with small and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs) as it is with larger ones. However, many SMEs are suppliers to larger …

This article explores challenges that suppliers experience when being involved in
customers' product development projects, and how these challenges can be mitigated. It …

One of the main problems the construction industry faces is the high cost and slow execution
time due to inadequate planning, which results in poor use of human resources. A common …

Operators remain as important resources in complex final assembly. To sustain a multi-
variant production, it is necessary for operators to manage high demands from a cognitive …

An open platform used for industrialised house-building imposes restrictions on the flexibility
of the product offering when developing design standardisation. How design process …

Product development implies a need for information processing capability due to its
uncertain and ambiguous nature. Uncertainty is troublesome as it limits an organization's …

Abstract The importance of Visual Management (or “Mieruka” as it is called in Japanese) has
been largely demonstrated over the last few years, especially when it comes to the creation …

Lean has become increasingly popular as a process management approach outside its
original application in manufacturing, and it is frequently used as a means to increase …