In recent years, Industry 4.0 has emerged as one of the most discussed concepts and has gained significant popularity in both academia and the industrial sector. Both Industry 4.0 and lean manufact...

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The link between Industry 4.0 and lean manufacturing: mapping current research and establishing a research agenda

The current literature claims the direct effects of industry 4.0 technologies (I4 T) on lean manufacturing practices (LMP) and sustainable organisational performance (SOP). LMP are also found to ha...

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Industry 4.0 and lean manufacturing practices for sustainable organisational performance in Indian manufacturing companies

Ranking of drivers for integrated lean-green manufacturing for Indian manufacturing SMEs

An integrated approach for failure mode and effect analysis under interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy environment

A growing amount of studies have focused on green supply chain management (GSCM) and green human resource management (GHRM) practices that incorporate ecological thinking, these practices are expected to affect Triple Bottom Lines (TBL) of sustainability of manufacturing organisations. This study aims at investigating the linkage between GHRM practices, internal and external GSCM practices, as well as their impact on the TBL of sustainability performance among Palestinian manufacturing organisations. To meet these objectives, 17 hypotheses tailored by the theoretical lenses of Resource Based View (RBV) was proposed to test the theorized relationship of GHRM practices, GSCM practices and TBL of sustainability. A quantitative method is applied in which data is collected from a customised survey with 121 firms functioning in the most pollutant manufacturing sectors such as food, chemical, and pharmaceutical sectors in Palestine. The data analysis was conducted using SmartPLS 3.2.7. The results show that both GHRM and GSCM practices have a positive effect on sustainable performance in a joint manner. Moreover, the results also revealed that GHRM practices have a direct significant effect on sustainable performance as well as a significant mediating effect with GSCM practices. In particular, internal GSCM practices positively mediate between GHRM practices and sustainable performance, whereas external GSCM practices mediate only the relationship between GHRM practices and environmental dimension of sustainable performance, thus suggesting absence of awareness among manufacturers regarding the effectiveness of this type of GSCM practices for an improved economic and social dimensions of sustainable performance, and calling for more attention from green training programs. This study provides some implications in terms of theory advancements and practical applications that can help practitioners to better understand the issues related to the GHRM practices, GSCM practices and sustainable performance of the manufacturing organisations.

The impact of green human resource management and green supply chain management practices on sustainable performance

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present an analysis of research on lean focusing on barriers in its implementation through a systematic literature survey. Design/methodology/approach – A literature survey of peer-reviewed journal articles, survey reports, master theses, doctoral theses and paradigmatic books with managerial impact is used as the research methodology. Findings – The findings derived from the evaluation of the publications analyzed have led to the identification of 24 lean barriers. The success of lean implementation will not be entirely based on application of appropriate tools and techniques alone but also on the top managements' involvement and leadership, workers' attitude, resources and the organizational culture. Research limitations/implications – This literature survey is primarily focused on lean implementation in the manufacturing sector. Practical implications – This paper explores barriers for successful lean implementation and provides a concise description of the bar...

Exploring barriers in lean implementation

The survival of any organization depends upon its competitive edge. Even though Lean is one of the most powerful quality improvement methodologies, nearly two-thirds of the Lean implementations results in failures and less than one-fifth of those implemented have sustained results. One of the most significant tasks of top management is to identify, understand and deploy the significant Lean practices like quality circle, Kanban, Just-in-time purchasing, etc. The term ‘bundle’ is used to make groups of inter-related and internally consistent Lean practices. Eight significant Lean practice bundles have been identified based on literature reviewed and opinion of the experts. The order of execution of Lean practice bundles is very important. Lean practitioners must be able to understand the interrelationship between these practice bundles. The objective of this paper is to develop framework for sustainable Lean implementation using interpretive structural modelling approach.

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Development of framework for sustainable Lean implementation: an ISM approach

Medical product development (MPD) process is highly multidisciplinary in nature, which increases the complexity and the associated risks. Managing the risks during MPD process is very crucial. The objective of this research is to explore risks during MPD in a dental product manufacturing company and propose a model for risk mitigation during MPD process to minimize failure events. A case study approach is employed. The existing MPD process is mapped with five phases of the customized phase gate process. The activities during each phase of development and risks associated with each activity are identified and categorized based on the source of occurrence. The risks are analyzed using traditional Failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) and fuzzy FMEA. The results of two methods when compared show that fuzzy approach avoids the duplication of RPNs and helps more to convert cognition of experts into information to get values of risk factors. The critical, moderate, low level and negligible risks are identified based on criticality; risk treatments and mitigation model are proposed. During initial phases of MPD, the risks are less severe, but as the process progresses the severity of risks goes on increasing. The MPD process should be critically designed and simulated to minimize the number of risk events and their severity. To successfully develop the products/devices within the manufacturing companies, the process risk management is very essential. A systematic approach to manage risks during MPD process will lead to the development of medical products with expected quality and reliability. This is the first research of its kind having focus on MPD process risks and its management. The methodology adopted in this paper will help the developers, managers and researchers to have a competitive edge over the other companies by managing the risks during the development process.

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Risk management in medical product development process using traditional FMEA and fuzzy linguistic approach: a case study

‘Survival of the fittest’ is the reality in modern global competition. Organizations around the globe are adopting or willing to embrace just-in-time (JIT) production to reinforce the competitiveness. Even though JIT is the most powerful inventory management methodologies it is not free from barriers. Barriers derail the implementation of JIT production system. One of the most significant tasks of top management is to identify and understand the relationship between the barriers to JIT production for alleviating its bad effects. The aims of this paper are to study the barriers hampering the implementation of successful JIT production and analysing the interactions among the barriers using interpretive structural modelling technique. Twelve barriers have been identified after reviewing literature. This paper offers a roadmap for preparing an action plan to tackle the barriers in successful implementation of JIT production.

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Analysis of interactions among the barriers to JIT production: interpretive structural modelling approach

The demands for automobiles increased dras- tically in last two and half decades in India. Many global automobile manufacturers and Tier-1 suppliers have already set up research, development and manufacturing facilities in India. The Indian automotive component industry started implementing Lean practices to fulfill the demand of these customers. United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has taken proactive approach in association with Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA) and the Government of India to assist Indian SMEs in various clusters since 1999 to make them globally competitive. The primary objectives of this research are to study the UNI- DO-ACMA Model as well as ISM Model of Lean imple- mentation and validate the ISM Model by comparing with UNIDO-ACMA Model. It also aims at presenting a road- map for Lean implementation in Indian automotive com- ponent industry. This paper is based on secondary data which include the research articles, web articles, doctoral thesis, survey reports and books on automotive industry in the field of Lean, JIT and ISM. ISM Model for Lean practice bundles was developed by authors in consultation with Lean practitioners. The UNIDO-ACMA Model has six stages whereas ISM Model has eight phases for Lean implementation. The ISM-based Lean implementation model is validated through high degree of similarity with UNIDO-ACMA Model. The major contribution of this paper is the proposed ISM Model for sustainable Lean implementation. The ISM-based Lean implementation framework presents greater insight of implementation process at more microlevel as compared to UNIDO- ACMA Model.

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J. R. Jadhav

Papers

Exploring barriers in lean implementation

Development of framework for sustainable Lean implementation: an ISM approach

Risk management in medical product development process using traditional FMEA and fuzzy linguistic approach: a case study

Analysis of interactions among the barriers to JIT production: interpretive structural modelling approach

Roadmap for Lean implementation in Indian automotive component manufacturing industry: comparative study of UNIDO Model and ISM Model