Worldwide, businesses are not only interested in becoming economically profitable but are also seeking to incorporate sustainability into their processes to meet increasing pressures from customers to be environmentally and socially sustainable. Therefore, they seek strategies that allow them to optimize their resources, as well as environmentally and socially friendly. A good approach to pursuing this is Lean Manufacturing, which contributes to an organization’s competitiveness by improving productivity and quality by eliminating waste along a product’s or service’s value stream. This study shows that even though Lean Manufacturing has no intention of reducing environmental impacts, it can contribute to improving the use of natural resources and enhancing the well-being of people.

错误:搜索内容不能为空,请输入英文关键词
错误:关键词超出字数限制,请精简
高级检索

An Overview of Lean Manufacturing and Sustainability

  • Sonia Valeria Avilés-Sacoto,
  • Estefanía Caridad Avilés-Sacoto,
  • José Luis Valencia-Vallejo,
  • David Sebastián Flores-Figueroa

摘要

Worldwide, businesses are not only interested in becoming economically profitable but are also seeking to incorporate sustainability into their processes to meet increasing pressures from customers to be environmentally and socially sustainable. Therefore, they seek strategies that allow them to optimize their resources, as well as environmentally and socially friendly. A good approach to pursuing this is Lean Manufacturing, which contributes to an organization’s competitiveness by improving productivity and quality by eliminating waste along a product’s or service’s value stream. This study shows that even though Lean Manufacturing has no intention of reducing environmental impacts, it can contribute to improving the use of natural resources and enhancing the well-being of people.