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 …

This paper introduces a literature review of 83 studies dealing with the degree of adoption of
lean manufacturing practices around the world, and the links between those practices and …

Lean management (LM) is a managerial approach for improving processes based on a
complex system of interrelated socio-technical practices. Recently, debate has centered on …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to present a systematic review of four decades of
scholarly lean literature and identify phases of lean while highlighting core knowledge and …

Many companies allocate significant resources to implementing lean on the manufacturing
shop floor, but fewer resources to implementing lean in the product development processes …

The main objective of this paper is to investigate the degree to which lean manufacturing
(LM) practices are being implemented within Brazilian small and medium enterprises …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to present an analysis of research on lean production
(LP) since the concept was developed at the end of the 1980s with the aim of developing a …

Purpose Fostered by a rapid spread beyond the manufacturing sector, Lean philosophy for
continuous improvement has been widely used in service organizations, primarily in the …

Although many firms report large benefits from lean implementation, a lot of scepticism still
remains regarding attainable results and the possibility to apply Lean approach outside high …

Purpose In today's global economy, developing supply chain agility (SCA) and lean
practices (LP) as resource-based view and dynamic capabilities are essential for firms to …