Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Romero, David"
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...