Purpose: Since the emergence of Lean Manufacturing many organizations strived to implement it. Nonetheless, sustainable Lean transformation is not as easy as to be simply achieved. Several aspects need to be taken into account before Lean implementation which national and organizational culture...

Die digitale Transformation wirkt sich auf jedes Unternehmen aus. Einige Unternehmen wurden mit digitalen Geschäftsmodellen gegründet, andere basieren auf analogen Technologien. Um ihren Fortbestand zu sichern, scheint die Transformation der Geschäftsmodelle unerlässlich. In diesem Beitrag...

Purpose: Employment plays an important part in many people’s lives beyond merely providing income, since continued participation in work can have many therapeutic benefits for workers defined as disabled. However, disabled workers face a range of barriers to employment, despite legislation...

Purpose: The most popular alternative systems to mass production at an academic level (lean manufacturing, agile manufacturing, flexible customization, mass customization...) share many characteristics. Our article identifies an extensive set of alternative practices to mass production; analyzes...