articleInternational Journal of Production ResearchOct 19, 2017Closed access

Implementation of Industry 4.0 and lean production in Brazilian manufacturing companies

GLGuilherme Luz TortorellaDCDiego Castro Fettermann

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Indexed incrossref

Abstract

The adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies has been deemed as a strategy to increase product quality and make manufacturing processes more efficient. However, the way that these technologies are integrated into existing production systems and which processes they can support is still under investigation. Thus, this paper aims to examine the relationship between lean production (LP) practices and the implementation of Industry 4.0 in Brazilian manufacturing companies. To achieve that we use data from a survey carried out with 110 companies of different sizes and sectors, at different stages of LP implementation. Data collected were analysed by means of multivariate analysis. Our findings indicate that LP…

Citation impact

766
total citations
FWCI
75.66
Percentile
100%
References
68
Citations per year

Authors

2

Topics & keywords

Topics
Keywords
  • Lean manufacturing
  • Production (economics)
  • Business
  • Quality (philosophy)
  • Industry 4.0
  • Product (mathematics)
  • Manufacturing engineering
  • Manufacturing
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Industry, innovation and infrastructure
No related works found for this paper.

Funding