Changes in Lean Production during the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Changes in Lean Production during the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Summary/Abstract: One of the key challenges, that modern companies have to face, is being able to react and adapt to rapid changes in the economic environment. The need to stay competitive forces the adjustment of value chains in order to meet the demands of contemporary technology. The aim of this paper is to verify whether lean management is complimentary or contradictory to Industry 4.0 and analyze if modern companies are interested in aligning lean solutions with the technologies connected with the fourth industrial revolution. The use of such novelties can be seen as costly, but crucial in order to stay competitive. Furthermore, the interaction between a pre-existent paradigm, which is Lean Production, and the new concept of Industry 4.0 is shown on various real-life case studies, which are used in order to show the practical outcome of the fourth industrial revolution. A framework for the implementation of smart solutions is proposed (treated as one of the main components of the transition from Lean to Smart), such as the e-Kanban.

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