Towards an Economic Theory of Lean

Eivind Reke¹, Daryl Powell², Kodo Yokozawa³

¹Sintef Manufacturing, Norway; ²Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway; ³Yokohama National University, Japan

Reshaping the concepts of Job Enrichment and Job Enlargement: the impacts of Lean and Industry 4.0

Alexandra Lagorio, Chiara Cimini, Paolo Gaiardelli

University of Bergamo, Italy

Realizing value opportunities for a Circular Economy: Integrating Extended Value Stream Mapping and Value Uncaptured Framework

Nina Pereira Kvadsheim¹, Bella B Nujen², Daryl Powell³, Eivind Reke³

¹Møreforsking AS, Norway; ²Faculty of International Business, Norwegian University of Science and Technology; ³SINTEF Manufacturing, Norway

An Enhanced Data-Driven Algorithm for Shifting Bottleneck Detection

Christoph Roser¹, Mukund Subramaniyan², Anders Skoogh², Björn Johansson²

¹Karlsruhe University of Applied Science, Germany; ²Department of Industrial and Materials Science, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg 41296, Sweden

More checks for less waste in the lamination process of a shipbuilding company pursuing Lean Thinking

Inês Freitas, Isabelle Leão, João Eduardo Marinho, Leonor Pacheco, Margarida Gonçalves, Maria João Castro, Pedro Duarte Silva, Rafael Moreira, Anabela Alves

University of Minho, Portugal