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Lean for Industry 4.0

In: The Modern Lean Enterprise

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  • Alexander Tsigkas

    (Democritus University of Thrace)

Abstract

Ever since engineer Taiichi Ohno designed the famous Toyota Production System, a great deal of time has elapsed for Europe, much later than Japan and the USA, to discover that there is something to gain if similar techniques were implemented in European industry. Under the pressure of competition, companies are seeking ways to reduce operation costs in order to stay alive in a continuously globalised and competitive economy. The Lean approach has been adopted slowly but steadily by an increasing number of companies in Europe, nowadays at an accelerating pace, although some time ago many companies, some of which no longer exist, rejected the Lean approach as an approach that does not fit European culture. What has changed today for companies to, despite cultural differences, embrace the Lean way?

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  • Alexander Tsigkas, 2022. "Lean for Industry 4.0," Management for Professionals, in: The Modern Lean Enterprise, edition 2, chapter 9, pages 275-281, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:mgmchp:978-3-662-64476-8_9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-64476-8_9
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