Purpose Assessing the outcome of lean transformation journey has been of interest to both
researchers and practitioners. Various qualitative and quantitative assessment …

Based on five lean principles, a systematic lean implementation methodology for
manufacturing organizations has been proposed. A simplified leanness evaluation metric …

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

This paper presents a look at the concept of Lean Manufacturing as applied to the office
environment. Lean Manufac-turing, which is often referred to as Lean, is a philosophy of …

Increasing volatility, global competitiveness, and sales crisis all force the manufacturers to
commit to the journey of world-class manufacturing performance via adopting “lean systems” …

Many academic and practice articles have been published in healthcare operations
management literature documenting the experience of implementing lean thinking (LT) in …

The selection of lean tools is one of the crucial factors for decision makers and practitioners
in a competitive environment. A few efforts have been made based on problem selection …

Group decision making with multiple criteria is the most popular method for ranking a set of
alternatives. In this regard, all alternatives are compared based on a common criteria set …

Logistics can be seen as a key competitive factor in the automotive industry due to the rising
number of model variants and options. With the increasing importance of logistics …

This chapter presents the most recent developments with regards the assessment of
leanness in manufacturing organizations. Leanness is the measure of the performance of …