In recent years, Industry 4.0 has emerged as one of the most discussed concepts and has
gained significant popularity in both academia and the industrial sector. Both Industry 4.0 …

Digital technologies are powerful innovations that can enhance operational improvements
and social and environmental sustainability. This phenomen is amplified for developing …

This study aims at examining the impact of the interrelation between the adoption of Industry
4.0 technologies and the implementation of lean production (LP) practices on the …

Over the past years, the concept of human-machine interaction has received ample attention
to achieve hybrid automation in manufacturing. A form of hybrid automation is taking benefit …

Abstract Industry 4.0, known as the fourth technological transformation towards digital-
physical systems in manufacturing, creates a disruptive impact on industries. Manufacturing …

Despite the envisioned interrelations, the way Industry 4.0 (I4. 0) technologies can influence
the design and implementation of lean value streams is still unknown and little empirical …

This paper proposes Jidoka (automation with a human touch) as the main guiding principle
for SMEs digital transformation; understood as the continuous increase of levels of …

Purpose The objective of this research is twofold. First, we aim at identifying the pairwise
relationships between Lean Production (LP) practices and Industry 4.0 (I4. 0) technologies …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify the prominent research constituents in the
domain of integration of Lean manufacturing and Industry 4.0 techniques and analyze the …

In the context of Industry 4.0, the demand for the mass production of highly customized
products will lead to complex products and an increasing demand for production system …