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Kvalita Inovácia Prosperita, 2014 Lean principles and methods, originating in a Japanese cultural context, have spread to a large number of companies throughout the world. The aim of this case study research is to identify and compare national cultural aspects that influence Lean ...
Promporn Wangwacharakul +3 more
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Thinking Lean in Sonography [PDF]
Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, 2020 AbstractThinking LEAN is an informal way to continuously be aware of and look to improve the value of your surroundings. A sonography department has many moving parts or “steps.” Identification and reduction of unnecessary steps may create greater efficiency and value for a process.
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International Journal of Engineering Business ManagementRapid digital technology adoption is reshaping manufacturing worldwide, yet Pakistan’s textile industry faces challenges – outdated practices, high innovation costs, and limited lean operations – that constrain competitiveness and sustainability ...
Masooma Zahra +3 more
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Lean Thinking: An Essential Mindset
IEEE Engineering Management Review, 2022 Lean thinking is a fundamental mindset to promote societal transformations and prepare society to properly adopt and use Industry 4.0 technologies. These technologies continue to rapidly develop and have started to evolve to Society 5.0 and Industry 5.0.
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Moving-on — Beyond Lean Thinking [PDF]
Lean Construction Journal, 2004 Lean Thinking is currently often positioned as the underlying theory of lean production among practitioners and academics, although its originators, Womack and Jones, seem not to have presented it as a theory. This paper endeavours to analyze whether Lean Thinking can be viewed as a theory of lean production.
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MATEC Web of Conferences, 2017 This paper introduces the lean production theory and the application of lean production technology preparation system in related enterprises, put forward own views on a series of problems existing in the preparation of M company's production technology ...
Ma Ming, Lu Tao
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Egyptian shipyard partial lean manufacturing implementation
Maritime Research and Technology, 2023 This study tries to define the notion of lean manufacturing as an engineering management strategy that can be used by Egyptian shipyards to assist them to compete in this global shipbuilding market.
Mahmoud H. Kheireldin +2 more
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Application of lean tools in the supply chain of a maintenance environment
South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, 2017 Historically, Lean thinking has limited applications in the maintenance environment (that is, a non-manufacturing environment). This article reports on the Lean tools that can be implemented in the maintenance environment.
Fourie, C. J., Umeh, N. E.
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Systematic model for lean product development implementation in an automotive related company [PDF]
Management Science Letters, 2017 Lean product development is a major innovative business strategy that employs sets of practices to achieve an efficient, innovative and a sustainable product development.
Daniel Osezua Aikhuele
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Frontiers in EducationIntroductionLean Thinking has been applied across various sectors to optimize processes and improve efficiency; however, its implementation in higher education still faces methodological and structural challenges.MethodsThis study developed and validated
Andrés Avilés-Noles +4 more
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