Front Cover -- HalfTitle -- RIVER PUBLISHERS SERIES IN MULTI BUSINESSMODEL INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGIES AND SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS -- Title -- Copyrights -- Contents -- Forewords -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- To Margarida, Joana and Duarte -- Introduction -- Toyota's...

Purpose: Even though the implementation of lean in health care environments is relatively recent, it has been receiving a lot of attention in recent years. Partly because of the fact that it is a recent field of practise and research and partly because the number of works developed in this...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to compare the well-known value stream mapping (VSM) with a recent tool named waste identification diagram (WID), regarding the capacity of information representation and easiness of interpretation. Design/methodology/approach: The work begins with a brief...

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the lean production paradigm as promoter of workers' creativity and thinking potential, and recognize this human potential as a fundamental asset for companies' growth and success, being a major factor to face the disturbing and unpredictable needs of...