Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Powell, Daryl"

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    • A framework for ICT-enabled real-time production planning and control 

      Arica, Emrah; Powell, Daryl (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      This paper aims to develop a conceptual framework for real-time production planning and control (PPC). Firstly, we discuss the most prominently applied contemporary information and communication technologies for PPC. ...

    • A New Set of Principles for Pursuing the Lean Ideal in Engineer-to-order Manufacturers 

      Powell, Daryl; Strandhagen, Jan Ola; Tommelein, Iris D.; Ballard, Glenn; Rossi, Monica (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      For many years, lean production has been successfully applied in large companies producing high volumes of standardized products. However, companies which operate in dissimilar environments have yet to expose a suitable ...

    • Advances in Production Management Systems: Issues, Trends, and Vision Towards 2030 

      David, Romero; von Cieminski, Gregor; Wuest, Thorsten; Gaiardelli, Paolo; Moon, Ilkyeong; Pezzotta, Giuditta; Wiesner, Stefan; Macchi, Marco; Hauge, Jannicke; Roda, Irene; Powell, Daryl; Netland, Torbjørn; Kulvatunyou, Boonserm; Szirbik, Nick; Roser, Christoph; Alfnes, Erlend; Rudberg, Martin (Chapter, 2021)
      Since its inception in 1978, the IFIP Working Group (WG) 5.7 on Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS) has played an active role in the fields of production and production management. The Working Group has focused ...

    • Beyond the lean manager. Insights on how to develop corporate lean leadership 

      Holmemo, Marte Daae-Qvale; Ingvaldsen, Jonas A; Powell, Daryl (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Although leadership is consistently found to be the main success factor for lean transformations, our knowledge about how to develop the necessary leadership competences at the level of the individual and the organisation ...

    • Bites-sized Lean 

      Powell, Daryl; Hicks, Christian; McGovern, Tom; Small, Adrian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      SMEs find it difficult to implement and sustain Lean tools. Larger companies have more resources that make it easier to provide employees with time to engage in Lean training and improvement activities. The European Regions ...

    • Cyber-Physical Waste Identification and Elimination Strategies in the Digital Lean Manufacturing World 

      Romero, David; Gaiardelli, Paolo; Thürer, Matthias; Powell, Daryl; Wuest, Thorsten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Lean Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 are at times portrait as conflicting paradigms. However, we take the stance that they are two sides of the same coin, and should be considered as mutually beneficial. Based on this ...

    • Demystifying lean leadership 

      Netland, Torbjørn H.; Powell, Daryl; Hines, Peter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Purpose There is convincing evidence that companies need a special form of leadership to succeed with lean transformations. The general advice for lean leaders, however, is often obvious or unrealistic. The purpose of ...

    • Digital lean cyber-physical production systems: The emergence of digital lean manufacturing and the significance of digital waste 

      Romero, David; Gaiardelli, Paolo; Powell, Daryl; Wuest, Thorsten; Thurer, Matthias (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      This paper explores the emergence of the next cyber/digital frontier for lean manufacturing practices. It focuses on (a) the new capabilities of information and operational technologies (ITs/OTs) for proactively detecting ...

    • Enterprise-wide Value Stream Mapping: From Dysfunctional Organization to Cross-Functional, Collaborative Learning and Improvement 

      Powell, Daryl; Fernandez Bartolome, Kristina Paloma (Chapter, 2020)
      A value stream is defined as the set of all the specific actions required to bring a product through the three critical management tasks of any business: the problem-solving task, the information management task, and the ...

    • Exploiting Lean Benefits Through Smart Manufacturing: A Comprehensive Perspective 

      Mora, Elisa; Gaiardelli, Paolo; Resta, Barbara; Powell, Daryl (Chapter, 2017)
      Lean Production has proven to be a valuable methodology to improve productivity while reducing costs. Notwithstanding the countless successful lean implementations in the extant literature, others highlight its limitations, ...

    • A global survey on the current state of practice in Zero Defect Manufacturing and its impact on production performance 

      Fragapane, Giuseppe; Eleftheriadis, Ragnhild; Powell, Daryl; Antony, Jiju (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      To be competitive in dynamic and global markets, manufacturing companies are continuously seeking to apply innovative production strategies and methods combined with advanced digital technologies to improve their flexibility, ...

    • Globally Distributed Engineering Processes: Making the Distinction between Engineer-to-order and Make-to-order 

      Willner, Olga; Powell, Daryl; Duchi, Aldo; Schoensleben, Paul (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      This paper explores how the organizational and technological requirements of globally distributed engineering processes differ for make-to- order (MTO) and engineer-to-order (ETO) production and highlights potential research ...

    • Investigating ERP Support for Lean Production 

      Powell, Daryl (Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2012:199, Doctoral thesis, 2012)
      This thesis presents work from a three-year PhD project within the research program SFI Norman: Centre for Research-based Innovation – Norwegian Manufacturing Future. SFI Norman is an eight year research program with the ...

    • Kanban for Lean Production in High Mix, Low Volume Environments 

      Powell, Daryl (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Due to its assumed inherent inability to manage custom-engineered parts and components, the Kanban system has traditionally been disregarded in high mix, low volume “engineer-to-order” environments. However, elements of ...

    • Knowledge obstacles when transitioning towards circular economy: an industrial intra-organisational perspective 

      Nujen, Bella B.; Kvadsheim, Nina Pereira; Mwesiumo, Deodat Edward; Reke, Eivind; Powell, Daryl (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Circular economy (CE) is necessary for achieving sustainability goals. Nonetheless, the distillation of CE practices into business operations has been unsatisfactory as firms struggle to transition to CE. There is an ...

    • Lean Six Sigma and environmental sustainability: the case of a Norwegian dairy producer 

      Powell, Daryl; Lundeby, Sissel; Chabada, Lukas; Dreyer, Heidi Carin (Journal article, 2017)
      Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the application of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) in the continuous process industry, taking an insight into the food processing industry; and to evaluate the impact of LSS on ...

    • Lean supply chain management and Industry 4.0: a systematic literature review 

      Rossini, Matteo; Powell, Daryl; Kundu, Kaustav (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Purpose Even though the integration of Lean Supply Chain Management (LSCM) and Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies is relatively recent, it has been receiving a lot of attention. Partly because it is a recent field of practise ...

    • Lean Thinking in the Digital Era 

      Cattaneo, Laura; Rossi, Monica; Negri, Elisa; Powell, Daryl; Terzi, Sergio (Chapter, 2017)
      The Industry 4.0 concept represents a paradigm shift where physical objects are seamlessly integrated into information networks. This promises to enable a more effective infrastructure in which the design, development, ...

    • Making it stick on borrowed time: the role of internal consultants in public sector lean transformations 

      Holmemo, Marte Daae-Qvale; Powell, Daryl; Ingvaldsen, Jonas A (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the roles of internal lean consultants in western organizations during lean transformation processes and how these roles affect the outcomes of the changes. Design/meth ...

    • 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 ...