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What is Lean Production

Chapter 8
Harnessing Green and Circular Skills for Digital Transformation
An adaptation of mass production that prizes quality and flexibility.
Published in Chapter:
Analyzing Inter-Firm Manufacturing for a Circular Economy and Green Supply Chain Management
Balaji Gopalan (CMS Business School, Bangalore, India), Rupesh Kumar Sinha (CMS Business School, Bangalore, India), and V. Vinoth Kumar (CMS Business School, Bangalore, India)
Copyright: © 2024 |Pages: 22
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-2865-1.ch008
Abstract
There has been a paradigm shift in how businesses manufacture products. Inter-firm manufacturing is a relatively new paradigm. This paper examines inter-firm manufacturing and presents an analytical framework in the light of a circular economy and green supply chain management. In developed countries, industry leadership is associated with manufacturing. Industry leaders are taking measures to encourage and prioritize manufacturing and establish new economies and business ecosystems across various industry sectors. This may be in the area of Information and communication technologies, pharma industries, 3D printing, food industries, housing, energy and utilities, businesses and financial services, and media. Today, various industries are shifting towards eco-friendly and sustainable businesses that align with circular economies and green supply chain management. For that purpose, a different analysis, one that associates performance metrics with an exergy analysis of industries in alignment with a circular economy and green supply chain management is necessary.
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Chapter 3
Applying Lean Production and Six Sigma in Global Operations
The initiative focused on eliminating all wastes in manufacturing processes.
Published in Chapter: Applying Lean Production and Six Sigma in Global Operations; From: Handbook of Research on Waste Management Techniques for Sustainability
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Greening the Future Through Digital Transformation: A Systematic Review of Sustainable Strategies and Future Research Directions
A manufacturing methodology that seeks to cut out waste and inefficiency, streamline production processes, and enhance product quality. Lean manufacturing principles are often combined with Industry 4.0 technologies to further optimize supply chains and operational efficiency.
Published in Chapter: Greening the Future Through Digital Transformation: A Systematic Review of Sustainable Strategies and Future Research Directions; From: Global Challenges for the Environment and Climate Change
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Chapter 18
Blending Green with Lean - Incorporating Best-of-the-Breed Practices to Formulate an Optimum Global Supply Chain Management Framework: Issues and Concerns
Lean manufacturing, lean enterprise, or lean production, often simply, “Lean,” is a production practice that considers the expenditure of resources for any goal other than the creation ofvalue for the end customer to be wasteful, and thus a target for elimination. Working from the perspective of the customer who consumes a product or service, “value” is defined as any action or process that a customer would be willing to pay for.
Published in Chapter: Blending Green with Lean - Incorporating Best-of-the-Breed Practices to Formulate an Optimum Global Supply Chain Management Framework: Issues and Concerns; From: Handbook of Research on Design and Management of Lean Production Systems
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Chapter 8
Lean Thinking in Global Health Care: Theory and Applications
The perspective focused on eliminating all wastes in manufacturing processes.
Published in Chapter: Lean Thinking in Global Health Care: Theory and Applications; From: Handbook of Research on Healthcare Administration and Management
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Chapter 18
SMED: A Literature Review from 1985 to 2015
A business system for organizing and managing product development, operations, suppliers, and customer relations that requires less human effort, less space, less capital, less material, and less time to make products with fewer defects to precise customer desires, compared with the previous system of mass production. (Marchwinski et al., 2008).
Published in Chapter: SMED: A Literature Review from 1985 to 2015; From: Handbook of Research on Managerial Strategies for Achieving Optimal Performance in Industrial Processes
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Chapter 10
Integration of MRP Logic and Kanban Shopfloor Control
A production management paradigm that involves the systematic identification and elimination of non-value adding activities.
Published in Chapter: Integration of MRP Logic and Kanban Shopfloor Control; From: Handbook of Research on Design and Management of Lean Production Systems
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Chapter 5
Seru Production System: A Conceptual Model Proposal for the Clothing Industry
It is a production system that targets operational excellence by eliminating the wastes in production environment.
Published in Chapter: Seru Production System: A Conceptual Model Proposal for the Clothing Industry; From: Advances in Intelligent, Flexible, and Lean Management and Engineering
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