Abstract

Lean manufacturing and agile manufacturing have been two prominent manufacturing paradigms over the past decades, with the respective aims of reducing waste to achieve low-cost and being flexible in production processes. Industry 4.0 is transforming traditional manufacturing systems into smart ones. The current competitive market requires manufacturing companies to improve both cost-efficiency and flexibility with the application of Industry 4.0 technologies. This study is the first systematic literature review linking Industry 4.0 with both lean and agile manufacturing. A conceptual framework is proposed concerning their relationships. It shows Industry 4.0 supports both manufacturing systems, and they, in turn, facilitate the implementation of Industry 4.0. The integration of Industry 4.0 with lean manufacturing mainly enhances cost-competitiveness in the performance dimension; with agile manufacturing, it mainly enhances flexibility. The finding implies Industry 4.0 is the enabling technology that allows two manufacturing systems to co-exist while overcoming the trade-off among various competitive objectives.

摘要

精益制造和敏捷制造是过去几十年中两个突出的制造范式，其各自的目标是减少浪费以实现低成本和生产过程的灵活性。工业 4.0 正在将传统制造系统转变为智能系统。当前竞争激烈的市场要求制造公司通过应用工业 4.0 技术来提高成本效率和灵活性。本研究是第一份将工业 4.0 与精益制造和敏捷制造联系起来的系统文献综述。提出了一个关于它们之间关系的概念框架。它表明工业 4.0 支持这两种制造系统，而它们反过来又促进了工业 4.0 的实施。4.产业融合。0以精益制造主要在性能维度上提升成本竞争力；敏捷制造，主要是增强柔性。这一发现表明，工业 4.0 是一项使能技术，它允许两个制造系统共存，同时克服各种竞争目标之间的权衡。