Abstract This paper examines pathways to implement a high-performing Lean Automation (LA). We asked 61 manufacturers from Brazil and India that are undergoing a lean implementation together with the adoption of disruptive digital technologies from Industry 4.0 (I4.0) to indicate their implementation sequence. We then used multivariate data techniques to analyze the collected data. Our findings suggested three sets of lean practices and I4.0 technologies; namely: start-up, in-transition and advanced. Further, companies that presented a higher performance improvement have more extensively implemented start-up and in-transition practices/technologies. However, no significant difference was found for the adoption level of advanced practices/technologies between low- and high-performer companies. Since the integration of I4.0 technologies into Lean Manufacturing (LM) is a relatively recent phenomenon, our study provides guidelines related to a preferential implementation sequence within this portfolio of practices and technologies.

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确定实现高性能精益自动化的途径：制造业的实证研究

摘要 本文研究了实现高性能精益自动化 (LA) 的途径。我们询问了来自巴西和印度的 61 家正在实施精益实施以及采用工业 4.0 (I4.0) 的颠覆性数字技术的制造商，以表明他们的实施顺序。然后我们使用多元数据技术来分析收集到的数据。我们的发现提出了三套精益实践和 I4.0 技术；即：初创期、转型期和先进期。此外，表现出更高绩效改进的公司更广泛地实施了启动和转型实践/技术。然而，低绩效公司和高绩效公司之间先进实践/技术的采用水平没有显着差异。由于集成了I4。