Impact of Industry 4.0 Concept on the Levers of Lean Manufacturing Approach in Manufacturing Industries

Abstract

Industrial companies looking for permanent performance are facing challenges of reducing production costs, reducing customer delivery delays and improving their quality products. These lead them to improve their responsiveness and flexibility to meet the varying needs of customers to cope with these constraints. Several industrial companies have adopted the lean manufacturing (LM) concept based on the Toyota production system to reduce wastage according to a methodical and structured approach that has given this proof for several years. This approach currently finds its limits, since it is based on static data. A dynamic approach, real-time data on customer needs and production performance will readjust the levers of lean manufacturing to improve its efficiency. This paper aims to show that the concept Industry 4.0 incarnates the lean manufacturing approach by feeding a real-time data and a real-time analysis of Big Data in a Cyber Physical Production System (CPPS), in order to improve decision-making and re-adjust real time levers of the lean manufacturing approach.