Lean Thinking: A Transversal and Global Management Philosophy to Achieve Sustainability Benefits

Amaro, Paulo; Alves, Anabela Carvalho; Sousa, Rui M.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-13515-7_1

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“…This association is clearly a wrong line of thinking and, thus, it is of utmost importance to understand the full meaning of lean methodology, which is preserving jobs whenever possible [19]. Nevertheless, the lean approach is extended beyond automotive production to any company or organisation, in any sector in any country [3,4].…”

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“…Customers need to feel that they are paying the right price for the right quality products, without being charged for costs in activities they do not want to pay for. To achieve this, the Lean Production (LP) organisation model, propagated by Womack et al [1], has been implemented by many companies in all over the world [2][3][4]. Bhamu and Sangwan [2] in their review have compiled more than 40 works of LP implementation in several industrial contexts (e.g.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Australia, China, France, India, Italy, Japan, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom and United States of America among others). Additionally, Amaro et al [4] reviewed 129 case studies and surveys of LP implementation in the last 25 years. These case studies were from the industry sector (discrete and process manufacturing) to the services sector (e.g.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In common, these works show the implementation of tools and techniques applied to all functional areas to eliminate waste, improve productivity and promote innovation. Furthermore, Amaro et al [4] presented the benefits of Lean, highlighting the effects of wastes reduction on the environmental positive results.…”

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A symbiotic relationship between Lean Production and Ergonomics: insights from Industrial Engineering final year projects

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Int J Ind Eng Manag

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Maia³

et al. 2019

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“…This important concept, as well as JIT production, allowed lean operations, i.e., operations doing more with less-less stock, less human effort [10], less of everything [11,12]. These operations are behind the TPS success and have been extensively applied in companies around the world under the occidental name of lean thinking [13]. This management philosophy reduces cost and increases productivity by eliminating waste [14][15][16] and having a great impact on the financial performance of manufacturing companies [17,18].…”

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confidence: 99%

A Novel Automated System for the Handling of Car Seat Wires on Plastic Over-Injection Molding Machines

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The structure of car seats is becoming increasingly complex, with mixing of wire conformation and plastic injection. The plastic over-molding process implies some labor, which can be reduced if novel solutions are applied in this manufacturing area. The handling of the wires used in car seats is the main problem identified in the process, wasting time both in the feeding and in the extraction of the molds used in the wire over-molding process. However, these machines are usually extremely compact and the free space around them is too short. In classic molding injection machines, there are just two half-molds, the female, and the male. In the over-molding process of wires used in car seats, three half-molds are used in order to increase the cycle time. Thus, to solve this problem, the classic robotic solutions are not appliable due to lack of space and elevated cost. This work describes the development of an automated solution able to handle the wires in both the feeding and the extracting phases of the production cycle, avoiding the traditional labor costs associated with this type of machine. Departing from an industrial need, the developed novel solution is described in detail and can be successfully adapted to other situations of low added-value products where it is needed to increase the productivity and competitiveness of the product. The system developed uses mechanical and pneumatic solutions which, combined, can be used to solve the identified problem, occupying a restricted space and requiring a small budget. This solution can be translated into guidelines that will allow the analysis of situations where the same system can be applied.

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Lean 4.0 in the value co‐creation in agro‐industrial services: An agenda for future studies for the efficient resource use

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Over the last few years, the Lean 4.0 concept has emerged and gained prominence on the world stage for waste and efficient natural resources management, once including the Lean thinking philosophy for management and technologies from Industry 4.0 for supporting and sharing data and information among the actors in the supply chain. This new management technic allows reorganizes the business process and stimulates the circular supply chain based on intelligent services and sharing data, information and know‐how among the actors in production systems. However, it is not clear in the current literature that the opportunities are linked to the relationship between Lean 4.0 and the efficient use of resources in the agro‐industrial environment. Based on the exposure, this paper intends to show an agenda for future research linked to Lean 4.0 in the value co‐creation in agro‐industrial services. We identified five topics for future research that are related to Lean 4.0 for efficient resource use.

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Lean Thinking: A Transversal and Global Management Philosophy to Achieve Sustainability Benefits

Cited by 22 publications

References 61 publications

A symbiotic relationship between Lean Production and Ergonomics: insights from Industrial Engineering final year projects

A symbiotic relationship between Lean Production and Ergonomics: insights from Industrial Engineering final year projects

A Novel Automated System for the Handling of Car Seat Wires on Plastic Over-Injection Molding Machines

Lean 4.0 in the value co‐creation in agro‐industrial services: An agenda for future studies for the efficient resource use

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