Paper Info
Title
One-To-One Relationships Between Industry 4.0 Technologies And Lean Production Techniques: A Multiple Case Study
Abstract
Production research literature and industry practice have started to pay increasing attention to the Industry 4.0 (I4.0) phenomenon. Scholars and practitioners identified a strong link between this paradigm and the well-known Lean Production (LP) paradigm. Most studies consider LP as a prerequisite of I4.0 and I4.0 as a tool to overcome LP limits and boost its practices. However, so far, these effects have been studied only at a high level, without an in-depth and comprehensive pairwise analysis at a practice-technology level. Moreover, few empirical studies have been carried out on this topic. Our paper attempts to fill these gaps by conducting a multiple case studies research to explain the one-to-one relationships between LP techniques and I4.0 technologies, and vice versa. More specifically, the one-to-one analysis examines the enabling effect of LP on I4.0 and the empowering effect of I4.0 on LP. Based on the empirical analyses, we propose a framework on the relationships between the two paradigms structured into six areas drawn from previous research (i.e. manufacturing equipment and processes, shop-floor management, workforce management, new product development, supplier relationships, customer relationships). Such representation clarifies the interdependence of the two paradigms in the whole supply chain.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1080/00207543.2020.1821119
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Industry 4, 0, lean, multiple case studies, empirical research, smart factory
Journal
59
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
5
0020-7543
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.42
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Maria Pia Ciano130.42
Patrick Dallasega2132.44
Guido Orzes361.27
Tommaso Rossi4101.61