Purpose Labour productivity in construction has fallen behind other industries in most of the
world and has declined continuously for decades. Although several scholarly research …

Abstract Industry 4.0 (I4. 0) technologies and energy efficiency measures (EEMs) could
enhance the performance of manufacturing industries, but research on the role of I4. 0 on …

Purpose This paper aims to overcome the inability of both comparing loss costs and
accounting for production resource losses of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)-related …

Purpose This paper proposes a new metric, named Operational Space Efficiency (OpSE),
intended to diagnose and quantify the inefficient use of floor space for stocking materials in …

In a context of rapid technological change, digital manufacturing technologies bear the
promise of enabling significant improvement in operational efficiency. However, evidence …

The purpose of this paper is to build up and implement a framework of a lean performance
indicator with collaborative participation. A new indicator derived from OEE is presented …

The assessment of labour efficiency is important for manufacturing companies. Even though
employees are a very important resource of the organization, at the same time they …

This paper presents a systematic literature review covering papers investigating human
factors' influence on Overall Labor Effectiveness (OLE) in manufacturing organizations. The …

This paper presents a novel methodology specifically developed for measuring and
reducing Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in production systems and logistics, named …

Purpose This paper presents a new and well-structured framework that aims to assess the
current environmental impact from a Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions perspective. This …