scholarly journals Lean Manufacturing as a Strategy for Continuous Improvement in Organizations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Marcela Solís-Quinteros ◽  
Carolina Zayas-Márquez ◽  
Luis Alfredo Ávila-López ◽  
Teresa Carrillo-Gutirrez
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Lean Manufacturing ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Administrative Process ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution

The implementation of lean manufacturing is one of the most discussed and studied topics in management; references are at the business, educational and public levels. However, the changes faced in the fourth industrial revolution generate challenges that will only encounter solution through innovative efforts and industrial improvements as well as a radical change in our way of interacting. In the current revolution, there are digital changes that cause ruptures in social, economic and political aspects, and the administrative process is part of it, this chapter proposes to analyze the implementation of lean manufacturing in the process of continuous improvement in business organizations through a literary review of the implementation of tools.

Towards the proposition of a Lean Automation framework

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guilherme Tortorella ◽  
Rapinder Sawhney ◽  
Daniel Jurburg ◽  
Istefani Carisio de Paula ◽  
Diego Tlapa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Barriers And Challenges

PurposeThe objective of this research is twofold. First, we aim at identifying the pairwise relationships between Lean Production (LP) practices and Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies. Second, based on these results, we propose a framework for Lean Automation (LA) implementation, in which I4.0 technologies are integrated into LP practices.Design/methodology/approachTo achieve that, a cross-sector survey was performed with 147 manufacturers that are undergoing a LP implementation aided by novel information and communication technologies from I4.0. Multivariate data analysis was applied in order to underpin the proposed framework for LA.FindingsFindings indicate that I4.0 technologies are positively correlated with LP practices, providing evidence to bear the proposition of a LA framework that can potentially overcome traditional barriers and challenges of a LP implementation.Originality/valueAs previous studies have approached LA implementation from a narrow perspective or including a limited set of LP practices and I4.0 technologies, the proposition of an integrated framework unfolds a wider range of synergistic implementations that may corroborate to a holistic approach for continuous improvement in the Fourth Industrial Revolution era.

scholarly journals The Characteristics of the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Buzzword, Hype or a Radical Change?

E-conom ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-104
Author(s):  
László Koloszár ◽  
Nikoletta Németh
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
German Economy ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
System Level ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
World Economic ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Industrial Revolutions

The usage of the terms the ’Fourth Industrial Revolution’ and its predominantly used synonym ‘Industry 4.0’ has curved upwards at a higher rate than the number of underlying interconnected production units. The concept of Industry 4.0 originates from a project on the high-tech strategy of the German government in 2011. This project promoted the computerization of manufacturing and it was a logical suggestion for the long-term competitiveness of the German economy. The fundamentals of an export-oriented economy need system-level development not to be disadvantaged in the global competition. Building all this on the most modern technologies can be defined as a traditional step. The umbrella term ’Industry 4.0’ has outgrown this step and in 2016 it became an independent agenda item of the World Economic Forum. In this study, with the help of a literature review, we examine which factors of this so-called fourth industrial revolution are similar and which factors are different compared to the previous industrial revolutions. Can the characteristics of industrial revolutions be identified? Is the impact complex and does it influence not only the technology but also the society, the politics, etc.? Whether the use of the term is substantiated or is it only an advanced, fashionable buzzer hanging all today’s forward-looking innovations on the same peg?

THE (UNKNOWN) IMPACT OF THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN EDUCATION

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Neves
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Mass Production ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Cyber Physical Systems ◽  
Physical Systems ◽  
The Third ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
Time Machines ◽  
First Time

Today we are living in the cusp of a new industrial revolution that differs from all the previous ones. It´s been coined as the Fourth Industrial Revolution (FIR) at the 2011 Hannover Fair. The first industrial revolution powered mainly by the steam engine, the second one by the advent of electrification, mass production and division of labor and the third one by the upcoming of internet, computers, networks and digital machines. What differs the FIR from all the others is that this one is on the edge of artificial intelligence, digital ubiquity, cyber-physical systems and even on the way to “Singularity”: where for the first time machines acquired capabilities that we only consider possible in humans. This means that we are fencing tremendous changes in what concerns to all the aspects of life, i.e. social, economic, cultural and, collaterally, in labor market.

scholarly journals PDCA 4.0: A New Conceptual Approach for Continuous Improvement in the Industry 4.0 Paradigm

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (16) ◽  
pp. 7671
Author(s):  
Paulo Peças ◽  
João Encarnação ◽  
Manuel Gambôa ◽  
Manuel Sampayo ◽  
Diogo Jorge
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Lean Manufacturing ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Innovative Technologies ◽  
Technological Concepts ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
Automated Processes ◽  
Service Markets

Continuous improvement (CI) is a key component of lean manufacturing (LM), which is fundamental for organizations to remain competitive in an ever more challenging market. At present, the new industrial revolution, Industry 4.0 (I4.0), is taking place in the manufacturing and service markets, allowing more intelligent and automated processes to become a reality through innovative technologies. Not much research was found regarding a holistic application of I4.0′s technological concepts towards CI, which clarifies the potential for improving its effectiveness. This clearly indicates that research is needed regarding this subject. The present publication intends to close this research gap by studying the main I4.0 technological concepts and their possible application towards a typical CI process, establishing the requirements for such an approach. Based on that study, a conceptual approach is proposed (PDCA 4.0), depicting how I4.0 technological concepts should be used for CI enhancement, while aiming to satisfy the identified requirements. By outlining the PDCA 4.0 approach, this paper contributes to increasing the knowledge available regarding the CI realm on how to support the CI shift towards a I4.0 industrial paradigm.

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