Rakesh Jain

TL;DR: A state-of-the-art review of lean manufacturing literature with respect to its applications in process industry is presented in this article, which contributes to the classification of literature in a manner which helps to identify strategies suitable for the adoption of lean concepts in the process industry.

TL;DR: In this article, the extent to which lean thinking is being adopted as a manufacturing philosophy by process industries is investigated, which concerns the application and examination of key lean manufacturing principles, namely, the alignment of production with demand, the elimination of waste, the integration of suppliers, and the creative involvement of the workforce in improvement activities, to a range of process industry types.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the impact of Industry 4.0 on their supply chains, operations, and business models, and propose an approach to deal with the complex characteristics of the industry.

TL;DR: In deciding to adopt lean manufacturing, it is imperative to investigate where and how lean practices are most needed to influence manufacturing and business performance as discussed by the authors. But, such an investigation is difficult and time consuming.

TL;DR: Key factors: inter-organizational trust and relational governance as organizational challenge, data transparency and data immutability as technological challenge, interoperability and product type as operational challenge and social influence and behavioral intention as social challenge that influences adoptability of BT in SC are identified and prioritized.