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 …

The purpose of this paper is to perform the analysis of literature review of lean production
(LP). The analysis involved studying 546 research articles published from 1988 to 2011 in …

Evidence suggests that lean methods and tools have helped manufacturing organisations to
improve their operations and processes. However, the real effect of these methods and tools …

Industry 4.0 emphasizes developing an innovative approach to eliminating the problems
caused by environmental and shop floor waste, which is accomplished by a suitable process …

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 …

Value stream mapping (VSM) is an important tool of the lean approach and is used to
identify value-adding activities and those considered wasteful of materials and the flow of …

The production management system in Industry 4.0 is emphasizes the improvement of
productivity within limited constraints by sustainable production planning models. To …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to review the existing literature on empirical research
in lean manufacturing (LM). It provides a critical assessment of empirical research …

Green‐lean‐six sigma (GLSS) is an evolving strategy that can be applied in the
manufacturing context to address pressing environmental issues. However, due to a lack of …

Under the given intensified competition in real-world markets and increased customer
requirements, manufacturers are subjected to adopt value-added techniques in their …