1. The Modern Lean Enterprise -- Part I: Rising of the Digital Economy -- 2. The Displacement of the Economy -- 3. The Post Industrial Factory -- Part II: Lean in Theory -- 4. Principles of Lean Production -- 5. Lean Flow: A Method -- 6. Successful Implementation -- 7. Modern Lean Thinking --...

"With the paradigm shift in consumption habits during the COVID-19 pandemic accelerating the digital transformation of supply-chain operations, Configured by Consumption offers a timely reflection on the technological evolution of production-consumption cycles since the genesis of...

The book is divided into three parts. Part I. The Rising economy of “one” gives an overview of what is changing in the social system of production, focusing on the shrinking role of central planning and the rising power of individuation in the value creation chain. Part II. Lean Enterprise...

Practitioners in process industry have to increasingly adapt their global production networks to changes in the competitive environment. A majority of the supply network design models proposed by academia do not sufficiently capture the questions that have to be resolved. This book provides the...