Abstract
Due to the highly dynamic and competitive environment, organizations are led to rethink their processes and strategies. In the industrial field, Lean Manufacturing (LM) is widely recognized as a traditional approach to eliminate waste in the value stream and ensure the efficiency of production processes. On the other hand, Industry 4.0 has recently emerged, incurring disruptive changes in manufacturing processes based on a technology-driven approach. The integration of these two philosophies to achieve organizational goals is interesting in order to guarantee competitiveness, especially for manu-facturing companies. This paper proposed an integration of LM tools and technologies 4.0, considering the perspectives of the industrial field in the digital era. Based on a three-step methodology, which included technological and industrial mapping, it was identified 25 synergy points. From interactions of LM tools mainly with Big Data Analytics, The Cloud, Virtual Simulation and Augmented Reality, multi-level circular diagrams pointed out the main contributions of Just in Time 4.0 (JIT 4.0), Kaizen 4.0, Kanban 4.0, Poka-Yoke 4.0, Value Stream Mapping 4.0 (VSM 4.0) and Total Productive Maintenance 4.0 (TPM 4.0). Also, five attributes of Lean 4.0 were identified, highlighting the integration between pro-cesses, devices and stakeholders; waste minimization; and autonomous, pointing to gains for the organization from this holistic integration approach.
Highlights
Companies around the world have been experiencing challenges as a result of economic crises, directing the search for new business opportunities and strategies to obtain profit and gain market share
The new manufacturing context may require the introduction of new machines and a new production flow balance, as well as the need for stock to stabilize an interrupted flow (Alkan et al, 2018; Čiarnienė and Vienažindienė, 2012). Since these two approaches are fundamentally different, as Industry 4.0 has begun to move forward in production with autonomous and flexible systems based on a technology-driven approach, while Lean Manufacturing (LM) keeps traditional processes focused on efficiency, this paper proposes a holistic integration of LM tools and technologies 4.0, considering the perspectives of the industrial environment in the digital era
Out of a total of 42 relationship possibilities, it was identified 25 synergy points from an holistic integration perspective, which means that LM and Industry 4.0 can work together and collaborate mutually
Summary
Companies around the world have been experiencing challenges as a result of economic crises, directing the search for new business opportunities and strategies to obtain profit and gain market share. For manufacturing companies, operational processes must be increasingly focused on quality, productivity and low costs, in an attempt to ensure their competitiveness Associated with this fact, the growing demands of the consumer stand out, which in a digital era require quick and effective responses from organizations in face of their expectations (Pagliosa et al, 2019). In the Fourth Industrial Revolution, due to the complexity in the manufacturing system, the top priorities of process management are to accelerate production, improve quality and reduce costs (Alkan et al, 2018). To achieve these goals, technologies 4.0 are emerging as advanced strategies
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