Abstract Academic literature on Lean Manufacturing (LM) is widely available. However, due
to its fragmentation, the contribution of LM from practical and academic perspectives is …

Purpose This study aims to comparatively discuss the effect of lean manufacturing (LM)
implementation in the manufacturing sectors of developing and developed countries …

With the emergence of Industry 4.0, digitalization and intelligent manufacturing are vital to
ensure competitivity, especially for manufacturers reliant on legacy machines. Upgrading …

Purpose There is a scarcity of research about cultural aspects of organization related to lean
implementation. The purpose of this research is to investigate the effects of lean practices …

Organisations implement various Continuous Improvement (CI) practices such as Total
Quality Management, Lean, Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma (LSS) for improving their …

Purpose A rich agenda for future research in the field of Lean Manufacturing (LM) is
available in the academic literature. The purpose of this paper is to determine the LM future …

Background Despite the growing interest in transformational performance improvement
among nearly all countries, international benchmarking has rarely been used. Cross …

This study aims at identifying the pairwise relationship between specific sets of Lean
Production (LP) practices and Learning Organisation (LO) dimensions. More specifically, the …

This study analyses data from articles published from 2010 to 2019, which include empirical
or theoretical-practical implications related to Human Resource Management (HRM) …

Past literature has investigated the relationship between lean production and financial
performance with mixed results. Most studies focused on subsets of lean practices to …