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Lean manufacturing implementation: bibliometric analysis 2007–2018

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In order to preserve competitiveness in their markets, organizations seek incessantly tools to help them manage their activities. To identify scientific production related to lean manufacturing implementation in organizations. This study was undertaken through bibliometric analysis using metadata extracted from two different scientific databases: Web of Science and Scopus, in the period from 2007 to 2018. The literature trend lies in the barriers faced by lean manufacturing implementation, in framework development to support implementation, and in model building to evaluate what has been done. The contribution of this work is in the opportunity to suggest of a knowledge repository to support lean manufacturing projects. The authors’ main discussions are related to lean manufacturing models, and the lack of sharing experiences acquired by employees during the deployment process.

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  1. Postgraduate Program in Production Engineering – PPGEP-UNIMEP, Scholarship of Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas - FAPEAM, Federal University of Amazonas and Methodist University of Piracicaba, Manaus, Brazil

    Rosenira Izabel de Oliveira

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  3. Postgraduate Program in Production Engineering – PPGEP-UNIMEP, Methodist University of Piracicaba, São Carlos, Brazil

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de Oliveira, R.I., Sousa, S.O. & de Campos, F.C. Lean manufacturing implementation: bibliometric analysis 2007–2018. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 101, 979–988 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-018-2965-y

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