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International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing

 

Special Issue on: "Lean Manufacturing"

Guest Editors: Dr. Emad S. Abouel Nasr and Dr. Mohammed Hussein, Helwan University, Egypt

Lean manufacturing is the optimal way of producing goods through the removal of waste and implementing flow, as opposed to batch and queue. It is renowned for its focus on reduction of the original Toyota seven wastes in order to improve overall customer value, but there are varying perspectives on how this is best achieved. Lean is the set of "tools" that help in the recognition and steady elimination of waste. As result of elimination of wastes, quality will be improved while production time and cost are reduced.

In the current competitive global market, manufacturers are under increasing pressure to improve quality of products or processes by reducing wastes. Companies no longer follow to the manufacturing philosophy of capturing market share by producing large volumes of standardised products. Businesses need to compete efficiently and quickly respond to market needs and niches and applying lean manufacturing philosophy is one of the most important concepts that helps businesses to compete.

The aim of this special issue is to identify the research issues for applying the concepts of lean manufacturing in both of manufacturing and non-manufacturing environments in light of these global challenges. The goal is to cover a variety of topics and issues related to lean manufacturing concepts and implementation.

Subject Coverage
A. Lean Manufacturing Concepts and Implementation within the Manufacturing Environment

• Overall equipment effectiveness improvement
• Visual management
• Automated inspection
• Process performance prediction and control
• Lean cellular manufacturing systems
• Lean manufacturing flow
• Lean manufacturing pull vs push
• AI applications
• Agile manufacturing
• Manufacturing technology
• Pre-order economy
• Process reengineering
• Training within industry
• Value stream mapping
• Related subjects

B. Lean Manufacturing Concepts and Implementation outside the Manufacturing Environment

• Computer-aided lean management
• Lean construction
• Lean laboratory
• Lean services
• Lean office
• Lean software development
• Supply chain network
• Lean six sigma
• Value engineering
• Related subjects

C. Case Studies

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written).

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page

Important Dates

Paper Submission: 31 October, 2009

Communication of Results: 15 December, 2009

Final Manuscript Submission: 15 February, 2010