Purpose–The advent of recession at the beginning of twenty-first century forced many
organizations worldwide to reduce cost and to be more responsive to customer demands …

Value Stream Mapping (VSM) has become a popular method for lean thinking and
implementation in recent years. Previous reviews related to VSM are limited to individual …

In order to be competitive, small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) should focus, not only
towards their performance in operational dimension, but they need to integrate the …

Product development (PD) is a broad field of endeavor dealing with the planning, design,
creation, and marketing of a new product. This revolutionary research domain has become …

The application of VSM is a proven approach for lean-based improvements. Typically, this
becomes challenging, when applied for complex production environments. The purpose of …

Value stream mapping (VSM) is an important tool of the lean approach and is used to
identify value-adding activities and those considered wasteful of materials and the flow of …

Lean-Kaizen is composed of two words lean and Kaizen; lean means elimination of non-
value added activities (waste) and Kaizen means continuous improvement. Hence, Lean …

Competitive landscape, informed consumers and stringent regulations have forced many
manufacturing small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to focus on operational …

Companies have to meet clients' requirements with regard to product quality and delivery
time. In order to survive and have possibilities to develop, companies should do it at minimal …

Despite strong correlation between Lean and Green, companies have found it challenging
to integrate and implement Lean and Green practices simultaneously especially when …