Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Powell, Daryl"
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Production Control for Operational Excellence: Trenda, Cases and Research Areas
Strandhagen, Jan Ola; Romsdal, Anita; Dreyer, Heidi Carin; Alfnes, Erlend; Arica, Emrah; Powell, Daryl (Chapter, 2012)Industrial companies must strive to achieve operational excellence; and developing and deploying concepts, principle and tools for production control is essential in this. Globalization, sustainability and ICT development ... -
Research Challenges for Eco-Efficient and Circular Industrial Systems
Despeisse, Melanie; Acerbi, Federica; Arioli, Veronica; Childe, Stephen; Colombo, Beatrice; Evans, Steve; Gonzalez Chavez, Clarissa; Jones, Saul; Nujen, Bella B; Pezzotta, Giuditta; Powell, Daryl; Melen, Carl Toller; Vasconcelos, Margarida; Yang, Miying; Wuest, Thorsten; Romero, David (Chapter, 2024)The field of industrial sustainability is rapidly expanding with new concepts and frameworks emerging almost daily. At the same time, mature ones are being used in new applications and combined with new technologies and ... -
Rethinking Jidoka Systems under Automation and Learning Perspectives in the Digital Lean Manufacturing World
Romero, David; Gaiardelli, Paolo; Powell, Daryl; Wuest, Thorsten; Thürer, Matthias (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This paper proposes Jidoka (automation with a human touch) as the main guiding principle for SMEs digital transformation; understood as the continuous increase of levels of automation and intelligence at their shopfloors ... -
The significance of employee behaviours and soft management practices to avoid digital waste during a digital transformation
Alieva, Jamila; Powell, Daryl (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022) -
Sketching the Landscape for Lean Digital Transformation
Ashrafian, Alireza; Powell, Daryl; Ingvaldsen, Jonas A; Dreyer, Heidi Carin; Holtskog, Halvor; Schütz, Peter; Holmen, Elsebeth; Pedersen, Ann-Charlott; Lodgaard, Eirin Anita (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Lean management remains the most popular approach to operational excellence within industry. The next wave of industrial improvement is widely considered to be driven by the application of digital technologies. Organizations ... -
Smart Collaboration – Review of Human-Machine Collaboration in Lean Production, Zero Defect Manufacturing and Human Centered Manufacturing
Reke, Eivind; Powell, Daryl; Yokozawa, Kodo; Finnestrand, Hanne (Chapter, 2024) -
Status and Future of Manufacturing Execution Systems
Arica, Emrah; Powell, Daryl (Chapter, 2017)This paper proposes a taxonomy for characterizing manufacturing execution systems and discusses how they can benefit from the recent Developments of Industry 4.0. The study is based on a literature review. The taxonomy ... -
Sustainable Food Supply Chains: Towards a Framework for Waste Identification
Chabada, Lukas; Dreyer, Heidi; Romsdal, Anita; Powell, Daryl (Chapter, 2013)Reduction of waste in food supply chains is an important sustainability issue. More efficient utilisation and management of the resources and values created in food supply chains can contribute to improving competitiveness, ... -
The concurrent application of lean production and ERP: Towards an ERP-based lean implementation process
Powell, Daryl; Alfnes, Erlend; Strandhagen, Jan Ola; Dreyer, Heidi Carin (Journal article, 2013)Lean production and enterprise resource planning systems are often quoted as being the two most important strategies for achieving competitive advantage in today's global manufacturing environments. Though IT has traditionally ... -
Total Quality Management and Quality Circles in the Digital Lean Manufacturing World
Romero, David; Gaiardelli, Paolo; Powell, Daryl; Wuest, Thorsten; Thürer, Matthias (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)In this paper, the authors present practical insights in order to propose a Quality Management Framework for Digital Lean Manufacturing. The rationale behind this proposed framework is that the individual ISO 9000:2015 ... -
Towards digital lean cyber-physical production systems: Industry 4.0 technologies as enablers of leaner production
Powell, Daryl; Romero, David; Gaiardelli, Paolo; Cimini, Chiara; Cavalieri, Sergio (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Lean production emerged as an alternative way of organizing and managing manufacturing operations in the 1990s, following the close examination and promotion of the Toyota Production System as a better way of working. More ... -
Value Chain Integration – A Framework for Assessment
Gamme, Inger Astrid Øygarden; Andersen, Bjørn Sørskot; Raabe, Håkon; Powell, Daryl (Chapter, 2020)Despite an abundance of research on the topic, firms continue to struggle with integrating their value chains in order to create and deliver more value to customers. Silo-thinking (rather than systems-thinking) is a typical ...