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How Lean Manufacturing Affects the Creation of Sustainable Value: An Integrated Model

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: Lean Manufacturing (LM) has always been intended as a means to improve efficiency by reducing operations costs, but the recent focus on sustainability and its three pillars (economic, environmental, and social) raises new issues. In this paper, a new model that links LM with sustainability is proposed and then refined through a cross-sector multiple case study. The results highlight a need to align lean implementation processes with sustainability strategy to avoid negative impacts that LM could have on the components of sustainability.

Source: International Journal of Automation Technology

DOI: 10.20965/ijat.2017.p0542

Authors: Barbara Resta, Stefano Dotti, Paolo Gaiardelli, Albachiara Boffelli

Language: English

Topic: Quality and Supply Management

Subfield: Management Information Systems

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Responsible consumption and production

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2732016348

FWCI: 2.047

Cites: 49

Cited by: 32

Related to: 10