Implementing Lean Production to Promote Textile and Clothing Industry Sustainability

Maia, Laura Costa; Alves, Anabela Carvalho; Leão, Celina Pinto

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-13515-7_11

Cited by 18 publications

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“…21 However, in the 1990s, various researchers identified similarities between the fundamentals of LM and those of environmental management: LM starts with identification of the different types of muda while environmental practices start with the identification of sources of pollutants and so on, and both approaches try to 'do more with less'. 8 Environmental issues such as excessive usage of materials or energy are also muda from the point of view of LM. 22 Also, lean attitudes such as continuous improvement and operator engagement can further improve a plant's environmental performance.…”

Section: Lm and Environmental Sustainability Performancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the current framework of increasing environmental awareness and proliferation of environmental regulations, manufacturing companies interested in improving their sustainability are implementing LM (the Portuguese textile and clothing industry is a clear example). 8 However, implementation of LM is difficult, and a manufacturing company will usually need to invest a large number of resources and incur significant costs. 9 Despite this, more and more manufacturing companies are seeking to implement LM (or, at least, some of its common practices).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Sustainable manufacturing: Exploring antecedents and influence of Total Productive Maintenance and lean manufacturing

Chen

Santos

Blanco

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Advances in Mechanical Engineering

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This article explores the environment-related antecedents and the influence of Total Productive Maintenance and other lean manufacturing practices on environmental sustainability. Since practitioners point to the environmental benefits of Total Productive Maintenance, a deeper study of the relationship between Total Productive Maintenance and environmental results can contribute to sustainability in manufacturing. In consequence, a review of the literature was undertaken. It was found that (1) the environmental antecedents have not been considered, (2) there is a lack of survey-based papers in the ‘lean and green’ literature and (3) Total Productive Maintenance has not been well addressed. To fill this void in the literature, this article explores the extent to which antecedents of implementation of lean manufacturing practices and Total Productive Maintenance are based on environmental sustainability (namely, on pressure ‘to go green’ from stakeholders and on an effort to achieve environmental certification) and the influence of Total Productive Maintenance and different lean manufacturing practices on several variables related to environmental sustainability performance. The research questions are tested with data collected from over 500 international manufacturing firms. Results show an association between the perceived degree of environmental pressure – or environmental certification – and Total Productive Maintenance (as well as other lean practices). However, not every lean practice is correlated with every environmental indicator. Different lean manufacturing practices seem to have a positive impact on specific operations, but it is possible that there is a limit to the influence of Total Productive Maintenance and other lean practices on environmental sustainability.

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Section: Lm and Environmental Sustainability Performancementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable manufacturing: Exploring antecedents and influence of Total Productive Maintenance and lean manufacturing

Chen

Santos

Blanco

et al. 2019

Advances in Mechanical Engineering

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“…For both the luxury and the fast fashion segment, "conventional" seasonal collections are expanded by either mass-customized or completely personalizable items. While some variants of a mass-customized good might repeat more The integration of optimization techniques is widely used in other industries such as automotive manufacturing and has so far led to significant efficiency improvements (Maia et al, 2019). But when looking at the literature base, it becomes apparent that in automotive production, production runs are usually planned for longer periods of time.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The integration of optimization techniques is widely used in other industries such as automotive manufacturing and has so far led to significant efficiency improvements (Maia et al , 2019). But when looking at the literature base, it becomes apparent that in automotive production, production runs are usually planned for longer periods of time.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A simultaneous balancing and sequencing algorithm to plan assembly lines in the fashion industry

Perret

2022

RJTA

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Purpose The purpose of the study is to fill a gap in the literature on mathematical production planning (joint balancing and sequencing) in the fashion industry. It considers in particular situations of mass customization, made-to-measure or small lot sizes. Design/methodology/approach The paper develops a mathematical model based on product options and attributes instead of fixed variants. It proposes an easy-to-use genetic algorithm to solve the resulting optimization problem. Functionality and performance of the algorithm are illustrated via a computational study. Findings An easy-to-implement, yet efficient algorithm to solve the multi-objective implementation of a problem structure that becomes increasingly relevant in the fashion industry is proposed. Implementation of the algorithm revealed that the algorithm is ideally suited to generate significant savings and that these savings are impervious to problem and thus company size. Practical implications The solutions from the algorithm (Pareto-efficient frontier) offer decision-makers more flexibility in selecting those solutions they deem most fitting for their situation. The computational study illustrates the significant monetary savings possible by implementing the proposed algorithm to practical situations. Originality/value In contrast to existing papers, for the first time, to the best of the author’s knowledge, the focus of the joint balancing and sequencing approach has been applied in the fashion instead of the automotive industry. The applicability of the approach to specific fields of the fashion industry is discussed. An option and attributes-based model, rarely used in general assembly line sequencing per se, is used for more flexibility in representing a diverse set of model types.

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“…Another study, from Brazil, showed that the companies studied even having used practices in a fragmented manner, LP implementation improved their operational performance (Godinho et al, 2016). Also, SMEs, independently, of the country or sector, seems eager to implement LP (Pingyu & Yu, 2010;Dorota Rymaszewska, 2014;Hu et al, 2015;Maia et al, 2016;Antosz & Stadnicka, 2017) even when they know that will face some challenges as the one described above as well others related with the necessary knowledge (Cowger, 2016).…”

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Lean Production in small and medium sized companies from the Free Economic Zone of Manaus: a reality or just fiction?

2019

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Given the current market demands, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are under pressure to change their working methods, implying changes in concepts and practices in order to improve their production systems and processes. Thus, the search for production methodologies, techniques and tools becomes urgent and imperative. One way to achieve this goal is to adopt the Lean Production (LP) methodology. This document presents the results of a survey, developed in the north of Brazil, involving 75 SMEs from the free economic zone of Manaus to assess the degree of LP implementation. The results showed a limited implementation of LP. Moreover, palliative practices (momentary relief), hopeful implementations and impediment factors are common. Attending to these results, the authors are tempted to say that LP is still a fiction for SMEs in this region.

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Implementing Lean Production to Promote Textile and Clothing Industry Sustainability

Cited by 18 publications

References 26 publications

Sustainable manufacturing: Exploring antecedents and influence of Total Productive Maintenance and lean manufacturing

Sustainable manufacturing: Exploring antecedents and influence of Total Productive Maintenance and lean manufacturing

A simultaneous balancing and sequencing algorithm to plan assembly lines in the fashion industry

Lean Production in small and medium sized companies from the Free Economic Zone of Manaus: a reality or just fiction?

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