Lean Manufacturing Tools Applied to Material Flow and Their Impact on Economic Sustainability

Alcaráz, Jorge Luis García; Reza, José Roberto Díaz; Sánchez-Ramírez, Cuauhtémoc; Limón-Romero, Jorge; Macías, Emilio Jiménez; Javierre, Carlos; Medina, Manuel Arnoldo Rodríguez

doi:10.3390/su131910599

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“…The economic pillar of sustainability is where most businesses feel they are on firm ground to be sustainable; a business must be profitable. That said, profit cannot trump the other two pillars [28][29][30][31][32].…”

Section: Sustainability In Citiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emerging trends for urban freight transport–The potential for sustainable micromobility

Rześny-Cieplińska,

Tomaszewski,

Piecyk-Ouellet

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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Aim Active transportation referring to non-motorized modes of transport is promoted and popularized both in practice and in the scientific literature, while their use for urban freight transport has been largely neglected. Thus the main scope of the paper is to indicate the development potential of micromobility use in urban freight transport and to check its influence on urban sustainability. Methods The authors have hypothesized that active means of transport, with a focus on micromobility, have great development potential in freight transportation in cities. The implemented methods for analyzing the relationship between users’ characteristics, micromobility, and its impact on urban sustainable development, were logit and probit modelling. The authors’ system includes an analysis of factors connected with the topics of sustainability and micromobilty, that have met an essential scientific gap that this paper addresses. Logistic (logit) regression is used mainly for binary, ordinal, and multi-level outcomes to find the probability of success (i.e. occurrence of some event). Probit regression, however, is primarily used in binary response models and assumes the normal distribution of data. Results The main finding of the article has led the authors to the statement that active means of transport, including micromobility have great development potential in freight transportation in cities. Conclusions Knowledge of the acceptance of micromobility solutions is essential for municipal authorities in shaping the development of urban transport systems. Thus proper strategies and actions need to be prioritized to leverage the sustainability-related co-benefits of active transport.

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Section: Sustainability In Citiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emerging trends for urban freight transport–The potential for sustainable micromobility

Rześny-Cieplińska,

Tomaszewski,

Piecyk-Ouellet

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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“…Debido a que genera 2.7 millones de empleos, utilizan US$13,647 millones en importaciones y exportan US$17.17 millones (Guajardo-Quiroga, 2007). Además, tienen sistemas de producción altamente tecnificados, siendo las metodologías Lean ampliamente utilizadas dentro de esta industria (García-Alcaraz et al 2021). De acuerdo con Index Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua (2022) en México existen 5,203 establecimientos con permisos IMMEX (Industria Manufacturera, Maquiladora y Servicios de Exportación) operando, que se distribuyen principalmente en Baja California (929), Nuevo León (674), Chihuahua (491), Coahuila (391), Tamaulipas (363) y Guanajuato (391) que emplean a 2.9 millones de empleados en donde Chihuahua es el mayor generador de empleos de esta industria que representa el 18 % a nivel nacional.…”

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Adopción parcial e integral de la filosofía Lean en la industria de manufactura eléctrica y electrónica en México

Pineda¹

2022

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La filosofía Lean se considera por las organizaciones de manufactura de todo el mundo como un enfoque gerencial crucial para mejorar el desempeño operativo. Este documento se enfoca en conocer en qué grado se han adoptado las técnicas Lean dentro de la industria maquiladora en México. El objetivo de la presente investigación consiste en analizar si estas técnicas se han adoptado de forma integral o parcial utilizando como modelo de investigación la Casa del Sistema de Producción Toyota, en la industria maquiladora de manufactura eléctrica y electrónica en México. A partir de una muestra de 83 plantas maquiladoras de estos sectores, se clasificaron por medio de un análisis de clúster en plantas con una adopción parcial o integral y un alto grado de implementación de estas técnicas de acuerdo al modelo de investigación. Los resultados muestran evidencia de que la mayoría de las plantas bajo estudio muestran una adopción parcial de estas técnicas y un menor porcentaje de estas plantas ha realizado una adopción integral con un alto grado de implementación.

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“…Lean manufacturing is highly used in industrial and service sectors today in order to eliminate waste (muda) and normalize processes [1]. Through a number of tools, the Lean philosophy has gained followers all over the world due to its effectiveness in several areas, with particular attention paid to the flexibility brought to production systems [2][3][4] and maintenance [5][6][7]. In addition to their negative impact on people's well-being and morale, injuries at work can in some ways be considered waste because they negatively affect productivity [8,9].…”

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Assessment of the Impact of Lean Tools on the Safety of the Shoemaking Industry

Sá,

Soares,

Dinis-Carvalho

et al. 2023

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Both the Lean philosophy and occupational safety and health have been widely studied, although this has usually been carried out independently. However, the correlation between Lean and occupational safety and health in the industrial context is still underexplored. Indeed, Lean tools can be applied to ensure the best safety environment for workers in each kind of manufacturing process, and this deserves to be studied. The study described here aims to understand the influence of each of a set of four Lean tools used in an industrial context with a strong manual labor component, seeking to determine the influence of each of these Lean tools on the increase in safety obtained through their application. For this purpose, four Lean tools that are quite commonly applied are selected, taking into account previously presented work that pointed to the positive influence of the application of each of these tools on worker safety: total productive maintenance system, Gemba walk, visual management and Yokoten. This study aims to apply these Lean tools and to analyze their impact on productivity, and then, on the safety of a company selected as a target in order to validate the concept. For this purpose, a new tool is created. In the first instance, the tool analyzes the current state of the productive process and the safety level through the study of the risk levels detected in the plant. In terms of productivity results, a reduction between 7% and 12% in cycle time is achieved in four areas of the plant. The feedback from employees showed increased satisfaction with the processes’ simplification. To conclude, a 50% reduction in the number of work accidents per month is observed as a result of the implementation of Lean tools. The influence of the selected Lean tools on increasing both productivity and safety is clear, and our results prove the selection of tools to be largely adequate.

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Lean Manufacturing Tools Applied to Material Flow and Their Impact on Economic Sustainability

Cited by 11 publications

References 68 publications

Emerging trends for urban freight transport–The potential for sustainable micromobility

Emerging trends for urban freight transport–The potential for sustainable micromobility

Adopción parcial e integral de la filosofía Lean en la industria de manufactura eléctrica y electrónica en México

Assessment of the Impact of Lean Tools on the Safety of the Shoemaking Industry

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