• 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 ...
    • Inventory allocation of perishables: Guidelines 

      Kiil, Kasper; Hvolby, Hans-Henrik; Dreyer, Heidi Carin; Strandhagen, Jan Ola (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The purpose of this study is to investigate and propose guidelines for how to allocate perishables to improve the balance of freshness and availability in retail stores. Specifically, it is investigated how a single warehouse ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...