The challenge for developing a “green production oriented economy”, is the definition of sustainable production and consumption models which are able to enlarge the current approach oriented to the greening of single production towards the creation of a comprehensive sustainable system, involving and integrating different supply chains in the same geographical district. The creation of short su...

Background: As health care struggles to meet increasing demands with limited resources, Lean Management is becoming a popular management approach. More is known about operational aspects of Lean application than about the socio-technical aspects such as how Lean interacts with teamwork and the psychosocial work environment. It is also unclear why and how organizations adopt Lean. Aim: This proj...

COVID-19 pandemic has been an alarming issue from the beginning of 2020 and is a significant disaster that affects each industry. In dealing with consequences pandemic, construction industry confronts several interruptions for sustainable delivery projects. Many researchers stated lean can minimise this impact. Lean thinking about engaging everyone, every day in handling learning to react bette...

Purpose The goal was to improve the quality of hospitalization process and management patients, allowing reduction costs minimization preoperative Length Hospital Stay (LOS). Design/methodology/approach methodology used patient Lean Thinking. Therefore, tools (Value stream map Ishikawa diagram) were identify waste inefficiencies, improving with implementation corrective actions. data collected ...

Abstract In times of increasing concerns and extensive political debates about social environmental problems, incumbent firms are obliged to reduce their negative impact by implementing sustainable business model innovation. Yet, realizing more variants entails several complexities associated challenges that need be overcome. To support this task, article takes an entrepreneurship perspective o...