Purpose Increasingly, a firm's innovation capability has become one of the key frontiers of
competitive advantage. The Lean philosophy has a well-proven reputation for its focus on …

Purpose Using a theory of translation of ideas, the purpose of this paper is to investigate
how the mining industry has implemented and practices lean production as well as the form …

The paper presents selected results of the adaptation of Lean Manufacturing methods to the
mining industry conditions. The research was carried out within the framework of R&D …

The adoption of Lean concepts beyond the manufacturing sector has been increasing
recently. In this line, its scope has been expanded to the mining industry under the …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the degree of lean awareness and
implementation and to identify the perception on tools, enablers, barriers and potential …

Lean production is a management philosophy that creates competitive advantages and
provides important savings opportunities for companies and organizations. However, there …

Purpose The purpose of this research is to identify and study the contextual relationships of
the significant lean enablers in the Indian coal mining industry using the application of …

The article aims to present the currently most important two methods for production process
streamlining, namely Lean Management and Six Sigma, and Lean Six Sigma, which …

The article presents research on the possibilities of utilising the Lean Management method
to increase the profitability of coal mining operations through cost rationalisation and …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a case study the application of lean six
sigma combined with mining transportation overall vehicle effectiveness (MTOVE) to …