Purpose–The advent of recession at the beginning of twenty-first century forced many
organizations worldwide to reduce cost and to be more responsive to customer demands …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of Lean methodology
through an exhaustive literature review, and its implications and application in the service …

There have been many literature reviews carried out on Lean implementation (LI) in larger
organisations with specific focus on the automobile industry. Lean implementation among …

This study presents a literature review of 107 papers on lean healthcare to evaluate its
evolution by updating previous literature reviews and to propose a classification and …

Purpose–Lean business ideology has been one of the recent dominant research areas in
operations management. However, there is a dearth of research focusing on Lean in small …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review Lean Six Sigma (LSS) literature and report
different definitions, demographics, methodologies and industries. Design/methodology …

The aim of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of managerial practices and
leadership in Lean organisations. The results presented here are based on five case …

Purpose Global competition has intensified pressure on small-and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs) to implement lean. Recently, the debate has converged to the role of …

Over recent decades, the increasing competitiveness of markets has propagated the term
“lean” to describe the management concept for improving productivity, quality, and lead time …

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