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 …

Purpose Assessing the outcome of lean transformation journey has been of interest to both
researchers and practitioners. Various qualitative and quantitative assessment …

Lean manufacturing in fabrication industry: literature review and framework proposal | Emerald
Insight Books and journals Case studies Expert Briefings Open Access Publish with us …

Purpose Numerous and diverse organizations have implemented lean principles and
practices, which concentrate on improving the efficiency of business processes by reducing …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review various themes of leanness, leanness
assessment approaches, leanness assessment areas, and their evolution by a systematic …

The strategy of organizational lean production emphasizes on increasing efficiency, quality
improvement and cycle time reduction by eliminating non-value added activities (MUDA) …

The implementation of the Lean Six Sigma (LSS) in the textile and clothing industries is a
successful strategy to reduce the defects produced along the production line in these …

Integrated assessment of operational and environmental performance of the production
system requires mapping of all the processes and activities in the form of their resource …

The main aim of this research is to propose an integrated Multi-Criteria Decision Making
(MCDM) and bi-objective mathematical model for supplier selection and order allocation of …

Agile Manufacturing (AM) paradigm is fast instilled in modern organizations. AM enables an
organization to evolve products and services quickly and economically in response to the …