Industry 4.0 and Lean Production: an empirical study. Issue 13 (2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rossini, Matteo; Costa, Federica; Staudacher, Alberto Portioli; Tortorella, Guilherme
• Is Part Of: IFAC-PapersOnLine. Volume 52:Issue 13(2019)
• Page Start: 42
• Page End: 47
• Publication Date: 2019
• Subjects: Industry 4.0 -- Human-automation integration -- Production Control -- Control Systems; Automatic control -- Periodicals; 629.805
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2019.11.122
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2405-8963

Abstract

Abstract: This study aims at investigating the impact of the association between the adoption of Industry 4.0 and Lean Production (LP) on the improvement level of operational performance. To achieve that, we performed a survey with 108 European manufacturers that have been implementing LP and Industry 4.0. The collected data was analyzed through multivariate techniques. Further, findings evidence that higher adoption levels of Industry 4.0 may be easier to achieve when LP practices are extensively implemented in the company. In opposition, when processes are not robustly designed and continuous improvement practices are not established, companies may not be focused on adopting novel technologies either.