A framework for the systematic implementation of Green-Lean and sustainability in SMEs

Siegel, Rebecca; Antony, Jiju; Govindan, Kannan; Garza‐Reyes, Jose Arturo; Lameijer, Bart A.; Samadhiya, Ashutosh

doi:10.1080/09537287.2022.2052200

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“…In the operations management literature, the win-win paradigm is often translated as the lean and green concept, i.e., the idea that the adoption of lean practices will achieve not only efficiency (and thus profitability) improvements but will also provide environmental benefits. Extensive empirical literature exists to confirm this thesis (Belhadi et al, 2018;Duarte & Cruz-Machado, 2019;King & Lenox, 2000;Siegel et al, 2022). A variation on the same theme is the literature on eco-efficiency (Cagno et al, 2012;de Souza Costa et al, 2021;Prashar, 2021) where, again, improvement initiatives are defined at the intersection between economic and environmental performance.…”

Section: Sustainability Trade-offs: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 83%

Sustainability Performance Frontiers

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2023

Universal Journal of Operations and Management

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When the concept of strategic trade-offs was introduced by Skinner in 1969, an intense academic debate followed. On one hand, World Class Manufacturing proponents rejected the idea whilst others recommended the careful consideration of trade-offs when designing production systems. Today, history repeats itself, and the same debate exists in the field of sustainable operations management, with some researchers documenting trade-offs between economic and environmental performance, and others rejecting this view. This paper shows how this debate has profound implementation implications: the first view calls for incremental improvements, whereas the latter calls for radical innovation. This paper combines the behavioural theory of the firm with Schmenner and Swink's (1998) theory of performance frontiers to define sustainability performance frontiers. These frontiers define legitimate managerial boundaries for searching for sustainability and remove the perceived conflict between the two views of sustainability trade-offs.

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Section: Sustainability Trade-offs: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 83%

Sustainability Performance Frontiers

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2023

Universal Journal of Operations and Management

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“…Lean-Green has emerged as a new and essential manufacturing philosophy that can be adopted by manufacturing companies to achieve competitive advantage (Basha et al. , 2020; Siegel et al. , 2022).…”

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A hierarchical complementary Lean-Green model and its impact on operational performance of manufacturing organisations

Machingura,

Adetunji,

Maware

2023

IJQRM

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PurposeThis research aims to examine the complementary impact of Lean Manufacturing (LM) and Green Manufacturing (GM) on operational and environmental performance.Design/methodology/approachA survey was conducted in the Zimbabwean manufacturing industry. A total of 302 valid responses were obtained and analysed using partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM).FindingsBoth LM and GM impact environmental and operational performance; however, GM's effect on operational performance is indirect through environmental performance.Research limitations/implicationsThis study only focusses on the Zimbabwean manufacturing industry, and the results may not readily apply to other developing countries.Practical implicationsThe companies that have successfully implemented LM are able to implement GM more easily because of their complementary nature.Social implicationsThe integration of LM and GM reduces most forms of waste, causing an improved environmental and operational performance. In addition, this will improve community relations and customer satisfaction.Originality/valueThis research investigates the complementary nature of LM and GM on how LM and GM impact organisational performance and whether a combined Lean-Green implementation leads to better organisational performance than when LM and GM are implemented individually. The research also examines whether being environmentally compliant leads to improved organisational performance, particularly in a developing country.

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“…The application of integrated GLSS-Industry 4.0 through the theoretical model and the proposed framework contributes to the body of literature focused on achieving more resilient and sustainable organizations. Siegel et al . (2022) presented a framework of Green Lean based on the theoretical construct but lacked measures to assess social and environmental sustainability; the present study demonstrates how the organization can assess these metrics using GLSS tools such as LCA and SLCA.…”

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Integrating Green Lean Six Sigma and industry 4.0: a conceptual framework

Kaswan

Rathi²,

Cross³

et al. 2022

JMTM

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PurposeThis research aims to propose a framework to integrate Green Lean Six Sigma (GLSS) and Industry 4.0 to improve organizational sustainability.Design/methodology/approachThe integration of GLSS and Industry 4.0 is proposed based on theoretical facets of the individual approaches. A generic, conceptual framework of an integrated GLSS-Industry 4.0 approach is then proposed using the application of different tools and techniques of GLSS and Industry 4.0 at different stages of the realization of a project.FindingsBoth approaches have common facets related to enablers and barriers, and the integrated application of tools and techniques of each approach supplements the common focus of both related to sustainability enhancement. The proposed, conceptual framework provides systematic guidelines from the project selection stage to the sustainment of the solution, with the enumerated application of different techniques and tools at each step of the framework.Originality/valueThis research is the first of its kind to propose the integration of GLSS and Industry 4.0 under the umbrella of a unified approach, including a conceptual framework of this integrated GLSS-Industry 4.0 approach.

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A framework for the systematic implementation of Green-Lean and sustainability in SMEs

Cited by 37 publications

References 74 publications

Sustainability Performance Frontiers

Sustainability Performance Frontiers

A hierarchical complementary Lean-Green model and its impact on operational performance of manufacturing organisations

Integrating Green Lean Six Sigma and industry 4.0: a conceptual framework

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