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Industry 4.0 technologies act as enablers of productivity gains and waste reduction, while Lean Management practices similarly focus on boosting quality and productivity. Despite employing distinct approaches, both concepts share core principles. Research examining the practical synergies between these frameworks demonstrates how their combined deployment supports organisational process improvement. Specifically, the relationship between 38 distinct Lean tools and 15 Industry 4.0 technologies provides a comprehensive mapping of operational intersections. A targeted industrial case study at SAREL Schneider Electric illustrates the practical integration of Lean methods alongside Industry 4.0 solutions. The findings confirm that pairing Lean Management tools with advanced Industry 4.0 technologies directly reduces operational complexity while driving measurable productivity improvements across manufacturing processes.
Modern manufacturing facilities often struggle with the complexity of adopting advanced digital systems alongside existing continuous improvement programmes. Showing how traditional Lean practices align directly with modern Industry 4.0 solutions provides organisations with a clearer route to modernise their operations, eliminate waste, and achieve higher productivity without abandoning established quality management systems.
This work applies directly to industrial manufacturing operations, plant managers, and operational technology integrators seeking structured ways to deploy smart factory tools. By mapping 38 Lean tools against 15 Industry 4.0 technologies and testing the pairing at SAREL Schneider Electric, the research represents an applied, tested operational framework ready for adoption in enterprise production environments.
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Industry 4.0 is emerging as a significant enabler of productivity improvement and waste disposal. In addition, many organizations have deployed fully or partially the Lean Management practices, which also aims to improve quality and productivity. Although these two methods use very different approaches, they have a common set of principles. This study aims to identify research papers describing synergies between Lean Management tools and Industry 4.0 applications in companies to ensure process improvement. The originality in this work lies in the in-depth examination of the relationship between 38 tools Lean and 15 Industry 4.0 technologies, which a few authors have briefly discussed. The purpose of this article is to present a case study on the application of the Lean Management tools with Industry 4.0 technology solutions in the company of SAREL Schneider electric. This study shows that the combination of lean management tools and Industry 4.0 helps reduce operational complexity and improve productivity
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2022.10.011
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