Investing in lean manufacturing practices: an environmental and operational perspective

Bai, Chunguang; Şatır, Ahmet; Sarkis, Joseph

doi:10.1080/00207543.2018.1498986

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“…In a circular economic system, deleted product inventory and their finished components may be reclaimed as input in resource, energy and material loops through remanufacturing, refurbishing, reusing and recycling [44]. Product deletion may become, in the short-term, profitable not only from more rationalized product portfolio management, but also from the utilization of freed up resources and materials as closed-loop inputs [45].…”

Section: Product Deletionmentioning

confidence: 99%

At the Nexus of Blockchain Technology, the Circular Economy, and Product Deletion

2019

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The circular economy (CE) is an emergent concept to rethink and redesign how our economy works. The concept recognizes effective and efficient economic functioning at multiple scales—governments and individuals, globally and locally; for businesses, large and small. CE represents a systemic shift that builds long-term resilience at multiple levels (macro, meso and micro); generating new business and economic opportunities while providing environmental and societal benefits. Blockchain, an emergent and critical technology, is introduced to the circular economy environment as a potential enabler for many circular economic principles. Blockchain technology supported information systems can improve circular economy performance at multiple levels. Product deletion, a neglected but critical effort in product management and product portfolio management, is utilized as an illustrative business scenario as to blockchain’s application in a circular economy research context. Product deletion, unlike product proliferation, has received minimal attention from both academics and practitioners. Product deletion decisions need to be evaluated and analyzed in the circular economy context. CE helps address risk aversion issues in product deletions such as inventory, waste and information management. This paper is the first to conceptualize the relationships amongst blockchain technology, product deletion and the circular economy. Many nuances of relationships are introduced in this study. Future evaluation and critical reflections are also presented with a need for a rigorous and robust research agenda to evaluate the multiple and complex relationships and interplay amongst technology, policy, commerce and the natural environment.

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Section: Product Deletionmentioning

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2019

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“…quality management), and each one may have an influence on environmental sustainability performance. 31,32 In the above case, LM was seeking a better quality paint process, which pushed up VOC concentration. Therefore, if LM practices are mixed as a single variable or data are collected from different areas or industries, test results may differ.…”

Section: Lm and Environmental Sustainability Performancementioning

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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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“…Often manufacturing companies aim to be lean and green through lean management practices. To increase operational and environmental performance, manufacturers prioritize certain lean management practices for their strategic investments (Bai et al, 2019). Helleno et al (2017) discuss the popularity of lean manufacturing and value stream mapping to develop manufacturing processes without waste in the production flow with a number of sustainability indicators.…”

Section: Lean Manufacturing and Wastementioning

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Digital Muda - The New Form of Waste by Industry 4.0

Alieva

Haartman

2020

OSCM: An Int. Journal

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Lean management is an approach where value is created through the reduction of waste. Eight forms of waste were identified by the Toyota Company as worth considering while managing an efficient production process: overproduction, waiting, transport, over processing, inventory, movement, defects, and unused creativity. Modern manufacturing plants are being transformed by Industry 4.0, the fourth industrial revolution, which promotes a wide variety of technological solutions to increase innovativeness and competitive advantages. Technological solutions are created on the basis of data that must be analyzed to enable manufacturers to be more strategic in the decision-making process and generate new profit channels through data analytics. A conceptual framework was developed to investigate if the inefficient usage of data has a negative impact on manufacturing performance through the decision-making process. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in two leading manufacturing companies in Sweden that are following lean principles. A new form of waste, digital waste, was defined. This paper suggests considering digital waste as a new type of muda (waste), which is its theoretical contribution. From a practical perspective, the results of the paper encourage practitioners to pay extra attention to data analytics, work on the reduction of digital waste and establish new revenue channels based on data analysis.

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Investing in lean manufacturing practices: an environmental and operational perspective

Cited by 141 publications

References 46 publications

At the Nexus of Blockchain Technology, the Circular Economy, and Product Deletion

At the Nexus of Blockchain Technology, the Circular Economy, and Product Deletion

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

Digital Muda - The New Form of Waste by Industry 4.0

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