Purpose Using a theory of translation of ideas, the purpose of this paper is to investigate
how the mining industry has implemented and practices lean production as well as the form …

Many organizations have been adopting the so-called Lean Production; some have
achieved the benefits of such adoption, but others have not. The failures have been …

The adoption of Lean concepts beyond the manufacturing sector has been increasing
recently. In this line, its scope has been expanded to the mining industry under the …

This report has been produced as a part of the I2Mine (Innovative Technologies and
Concepts for the Intelligent Deep Mine of the Future) project. I2Mine is a European Union …

The future of mining will surely be subject to increased international competition. To remain
successful under these conditions of heightened competition, companies may turn to …

Este trabajo explora, por medio de una revisión sistemática de la literatura, la aplicabilidad
de la gestión lean en las empresas mineras. Se observa que la adopción se realiza por la …

Objetivo: Describir e interpretar la cultura alimentaria de un grupo de trabajadores mineros,
así como sus necesidades, intereses y percepciones respecto de su salud. Metodología …

Lean manufacturing or lean production, often simply" lean", is a systematic method for the
elimination of waste (" Muda") within a manufacturing system. The concept lean also …

The paper suggests a people capability maturity model (PCMM)-based knowlegde
management framework for lean implementation. Any process improvement framework …

The implementation of lean principles is a well-known subject in the manufacturing
industries. There are several publications regarding the impact of this implementation on …