Towards ‘Lean Industry 4.0ʹ – Current trends and future perspectives

The enterprises to be competitive are constantly looking for continuous
\nincrease of productivity, quality and level of services. With the development of
\nIndustry 4.0 concept, manufacturers are more confident about new advantages of
\nautomation and systems integration. Lean management is well developed and
\nempirically proven effective managerial approach. Combining Lean and Industry 4.0
\npractices seems to be necessary evolutionary step for further raise the level of
\noperational excellence (exploitation of finance, workload, materials, machines/
\ndevices). There is an increasing number of Industry 4.0 solutions used to reduce
\nwaste (as known from Lean Management). Therefore, the main objective of this
\narticle aims at presenting the results of a literature review on the concept of ‘Lean
\nIndustry 4.0ʹ. Dynamic methodology called “Systematic Literature Network Analysis
\n(SLNA)” was used. It combines the Systematic Literature Review approach with the
\nquantitative analysis of bibliographic networks to detect emerging topics and the
\ndynamic evolution of the topics. The paper is a comprehensive systematization and
\nrationalization of knowledge about the integration of LM and I4.0 concepts, identifies the most important research trends and defines directions for future research.
\nThe article contains a framework that presents the current state of knowledge in
\nthe area of Lean Industry 4.0.