Supporting the lean journey with simulation and optimization in the context of Industry 4.0

Uriarte, Ainhoa Goienetxea; Ng, Amos H. C.; Moris, Matías Urenda

doi:10.1016/j.promfg.2018.06.097

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“…Manufacturing companies are adopting digital technologies offered by Industry 4.0 (Mayr et al, 2018;Uriarte et al, 2018;Zhong et al, 2017). The big data environment plays a big role in the manufacturing sector.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Wagner et al (2017) performed an analysis of the most positive impact of big data and analytics on continuous improvement, just-in-time manufacturing, standardization, takt time, and waste reduction. On the other hand, there are still many challenges with real-time data availability, decentralization of data acquisition, lack of motion data, and data security (Uriarte et al, 2018). Manufacturers with a big set of shop-floor data need to track and analyze hidden patterns of data, unknown correlations, market trends, and customer preferences to implement intelligent decisions (Zhong et al, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Data plays a key role in each level of the matrix, from information discovery to intelligent production. Uriarte et al (2018) developed a conceptual framework where simulation increases the efficiency of lean processes and lean culture. Data simulation speeds up system improvements and supports the decision-making process with a positive effect on overall manufacturing performance.…”

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Digital Muda - The New Form of Waste by Industry 4.0

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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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“…What are the possible ways a company or an institution can use in order to complete the vision? One possible solution is optimization [2].…”

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“…Optimization requires developing new technologies and methods, decreasing the time needed for a certain task and improving the quality of the results [3]. This also requires introducing new management methods and organizing tasks [2]. Educational institutions are complex systems that need special attention.…”

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Implementation of Lean Practices in a Higher Education Institution’s Student Affairs Office: A Case Study from a Bosnian University

Krdžalić

Brgulja

Duraković

2020

Int. J. Adv. Sci. Eng. Inf. Technol.

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Higher education is a key element of prosperous communities, and the quality of education should be a priority in attracting prospective students. Good education implies good academic staff, well-equipped laboratories, facilities, and efficient processes. Maintain efficient processes is challenging abut achievable. One of the possible solutions to improve education processes is to pursue a lean strategy in order to reduce waste and non-value-added activities. The purpose of this paper is to combine paying off strategies from manufacturing companies with higher education institutions (HEI), in order to enhance the quality of education and efficiency of higher education institutions. This research deals with application lean tools in university processes with the aim of investigating the possibility of applying lean concepts in HEI. Processes from the student affairs office from a Bosnian university were taken as a case study. The tools were used for data collections, student satisfaction measurement, process efficiency analysis and assessment whether the university is ready for the implementation of the lean concept. As a result, it was observed that communication channels between university and students are weak, the student information system does not respond to students' needs, internal communication channels need to be improved and human resources are underused. Overall, it was found that the lean strategy can be applied in HEIs but for the successful implementation of lean thinking, lifestyle from top management to lower management must be adopted.

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A Bibliometric Analysis of the Integration of Lean and Industry 4.0 in the Sustainable Supply Chain

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Supporting the lean journey with simulation and optimization in the context of Industry 4.0

Cited by 68 publications

References 24 publications

Digital Muda - The New Form of Waste by Industry 4.0

Digital Muda - The New Form of Waste by Industry 4.0

Implementation of Lean Practices in a Higher Education Institution’s Student Affairs Office: A Case Study from a Bosnian University

A Bibliometric Analysis of the Integration of Lean and Industry 4.0 in the Sustainable Supply Chain

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