The 72 articles are compliant with the selection criteria as the articles referred to lean, agile and green, as well as several combinations of these to a large extent. Figure 2.2 shows that for this review, 17% of the publications for this were conference papers, while 82% were journal articles from the Journal of Cleaner Production; Journal of Management Development; International Journal of lean six sigma; Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management; International Journal of Production Economics; International Journal of Production Research and so on. 1% of the publications represent PhD thesis.
81.69%
16.90%
1.41%
Proportion of publications
Journal artucles Conference papers Thesis
Figure 2.2: Proportion of publications
In terms of the combinations available, lean and agile accounted for 18% of the articles (12 articles) of which 5 of the articles included some direction involving the product life cycle or at least a mention of it, covering the period between 2002 and 2012. The earliest combination of lean and agile in this review occurred in 1997 and the latest in 2016. The majority of the papers were released after 2010 indicating that the lean and agile combination gained some prominence since then. Lean and green produced similar results, accounting for 18% of the publications covering the period 2010 to 2016. Four of the lean and green publications included some form of discussion on the product life cycle between 2012 and 2015.
The agile and green combination recorded 1 journal publication which involved the product
agile and green combination accounted for 10% of the publications between 2011 and 2016 with none of the papers discussing the product life cycle or offering any direction given the product life cycle concept.
Figure 2.3: Publications on Lean, Agility and Green by year
Some other important aspects of the search showed some individual paradigms with consideration of the product life cycle. Paper discussing green and product life cycle accounted for slightly over 16% of the publications with 11 papers covering the period between 2002 and 2016 with majority of the paper released between 2010 and 2016; the agile paradigm with some discussion on product life cycle accounted for 4.4% of the publications with 3 papers and 1 paper offered some discussion on lean and product life cycle.
Regardless of the combinations of lean, agile and green offered by the publications in this review, 75% of the publications discussed them in some relation to competitiveness, in conjunction with some key performance indicators such as lead time and cost. This implies that researchers recognise the capability of each of the paradigms and/or a combination of them to have some impact on competitiveness. Table 2.2 shows the individual articles which are part of this review, their titles and the databases from which they have been drawn.
Figure 2.3 shows the number of publications on Lean, Agility and Green by year of publication and figure 2.4 shows the number of publications per database.
Inderscience EBSCO
Business source premier IEEE Springer
Taylor and Francis Emerald
Google scholar Elsevier 0
5 10 15 20 25 30
Number of publications per database
Number of publications
Figure 2.4: Publications per database
Table 2.2: Literature published on lean, agility and green with PLC
No Author Title Database
1 Abdollahi et al. (2015) An integrated approach for supplier portfolio selection: lean or agile? Elsevier 2 Adhitya et al. (2011)
Decision Support for Green Supply Chain Operations by Integrating
Dynamic Simulation and LCA Indicators: Diaper Case Study. Google scholar 3 Agarwal et al. (2006)
Modeling the metrics of lean, agile and leagile supply chain: An
ANP-based approach. Elsevier
4 Agyapong-Kodua et al. (2012)
Development of a multi-product cost and value stream modelling
methodology. Taylor and Francis
5 Aitken et al. (2002) The impact of product life cycle on supply chain strategy. Elsevier 6 Alaskari et al. (2016)
Development of a methodology to assist manufacturing SMEs in the
selection of appropriate lean tools. Emerald
7 Al Sheyadi (2014)
Antecedents and consequences of the complementarities between green
operations management practices: an empirical investigation in Oman. Google scholar 9 Ameri and Patil (2012)
Digital manufacturing market: a semantic web-based framework for
agile supply chain deployment Springer
8 Amin and Karim (2013)
A time-based quantitative approach for selecting lean strategies for
manufacturing organisations. Taylor and Francis
10 Anand and Kodali (2010) Analysis of lean manufacturing frameworks Google scholar
11 Anvari et al. (2013)
Application of a modified VIKOR method for decision making-making
problems in lean-tool selection Springer
12 Azevedo et al. (2012)
Proposal of a conceptual model to analyse the influence of LARG
practices on manufacturing supply chain performance Google scholar 13 Banihashemi (2011)
Improving supply chain performance: The strategic integration of lean
and agile supply chain. Google scholar
14 Bapat (2013)
Supply Chain Management: Green Approach For Enhanced
Sustainability. Google scholar
No Author Title Database 15 Borchadt et al. (2011)
Redesign of a component based on ecodesign practices:
environmental impact and cost reduction achievements. Elsevier 16
Brones and Monteiro de Carvalho (2015)
From 50 to 1: integrating literature toward a systemic ecodesign model.
Elsevier
17 Buchert et al. (2015) Design and Manufacturing of a Sustainable Pedelec. Elsevier
18 Cabral et al. (2011b) An information model in lean, agile, resilient and green supply chains IEEE 19
Cabral et al. (2011a) Modelling Lean, Agile, Resilient, and Green Supply Chain Management
IEEE
20 Cabral et al. (2012)
A decision-making model for Lean, Agile, Resilient and Green supply
chain management. Taylor and Francis
21 Carvalho et al. (2011) Lean, agile, resilient and green: divergences and synergies. Emerald
22 Chaurasia et al. (2015)
An Integrated Fuzzy-based Multi Criteria Decision Making System to Selection of Lean Tool Performance: An Indian Automotive Parts
Manufacturing Company Case Study. Google scholar
23 Cherrafi et al. (2016)
The integration of lean manufacturing, Six Sigma and sustainability: A literature review and future research directions for developing a
specific model. Elsevier
24 Dombrowski et al. (2016) Impact Analyses of Lean Production Systems. Elsevier
25 Dubey and Gunasekaran (2015) Agile manufacturing: framework and its empirical validation. Springer
26 Dues et al. (2012) Green as the new lean Elsevier
27 Esfandyari et al., (2015)
A Lean Based Overview on Sustainability of Printed Circuit Board
Production Assembly. Elsevier
28 Espadinha-Cruz et al. (2011)
A model for evaluating Lean, Agile, Resilient and Green practices
interoperability in supply chains IEEE
29 Eswaramoorthi et al. (2010)
Developing An Effective Strategy to Configure Assembly Systems
Using Lean Concepts. Google scholar
30 Fisher (1997) What Is the Right Supply Chain for Your Product? B. Source Premier
31 Garza-Reyes (2015a) Lean and green – a systematic review of the state of the art literature. Elsevier
No Author Title Database 32 Garza-Reyes et al. (2014)
Lean and Green – Synergies, Differences, Limitations, and the Need
for Six Sigma Springer
33 Garza-Reyes (2015b) Green lean and the need for Six Sigma Emerald
34 Garza-Reyes et al. (2016)
Lean and green in the transport and logistics sector – a case study of
simultaneous deployment. Taylor and Francis
35 Hasanian and Hojjati (2016)
A Framework for Supplier Selection Criteria in "LARG" Supply Chain
based on a Literature Review. B.Source Premier
36 Helo (2004) Managing agility and productivity in the electronics industry. Emerald
37 Hines et al. (2006)
Towards lean product lifecycle management: A framework for new
product development. Emerald
38 Ho and Choi (2012)
A Five-R analysis for sustainable fashion supply chain management in
Hong Kong: a case analysis. Emerald
39 Johansson and Sundin (2014) Lean and green product development: two sides of the same coin? Elsevier 40 Kainuma and Tawara, (2006)
A multiple attribute utility theory approach to lean and green supply
chain management. Elsevier
41 Khiewnavawongsa and Schmidt (2009)
An Essay Of Green Supply Chain Management In The Electronics
Industry. EBSCO
42 Kwak and Kim (2015)
Design for life-cycle profit with simultaneous consideration of initial
manufacturing and end-of-life remanufacturing. Taylor and Francis 43 Lake et al. (2015)
An application of hybrid life cycle assessment as a decision support
framework for green supply chains. Taylor and Francis
44 Li and Found (2016) Lean and Green Supply Chain for the Product-Services System (PSS):
The Literature Review and A Conceptual Framework. Elsevier 45 Li et al. (2010)
A methodology for selecting a green technology portfolio based on
synergy. Taylor and Francis
The Impact of Integrated Practices of Lean, Green, and Social
Management Systems on Firm Sustainability Performance—Evidence
No Author Title Database 48 Luna and Aguilar-Slaven (2004) Manufacturing Strategy Linked to Product Life Cycle Google Scholar 49 Madu et al. (2002)
A hierarchic metric approach for integration of green issues in
manufacturing: a paper recycling application. Elsevier 50 Matawale et al., (2016) A fuzzy embedded leagility assessment module in supply chain. Emerald
51 Mollenkopf et al. (2010) Green, lean and global supply chains. Emerald
52 Moreira and Tjahjono(2016)
Applying performance measures to support decision-making in supply
chain operations: a case of beverage industry. Taylor and Francis
53 Naim and Gosling (2011) On leanness, agility and leagile supply chains. Elsevier
54 Naylor et al. (1999)
Leagility: Integrating the lean and agile manufacturing paradigms in
the total supply chain. Elsevier
55 Pampanelli et al. (2013) A Lean and Green Model for a production cell. Elsevier
56 Pham and Thomas (2012) Fit manufacturing: a framework for sustainability. Emerald
57 Prince and Kay (2003)
Combining lean and agile characteristics: Creation of virtual groups by
enhanced production flow analysis. Elsevier
58 Pullan et al. (2013) Decision support tool for lean product and process development. Taylor and Francis 59 Rauch et al. (2015)
Axiomatic Design Based Guidelines for the Design of a Lean Product
Development Process. Elsevier
60 Rehman and Shrivastava (2012)
Green manufacturing (GM): past, present and future (a state of art
review). Inderscience
61 Sabet et al. (2017) Supply chain integration strategies in fast evolving industries. Emerald 62 Seyed et al. (2013)
A Decision-Making Process for Selecting of Lean Tools Implementation
Methods by Means of Analytical Hierarchy Process in Health Center Google Scholar 63 Shi et al. (2016)
Remanufacturing decision and sustainability under product life cycle
uncertainty. Taylor and Francis
64 Singh and Vinodh (2017)
Modeling and performance evaluation of agility coupled with
sustainability for business planning. Emerald
No Author Title Database 65 Smith and Perks (2010)
A perceptual study of the impact of green practice implementation on
the business functions Google Scholar
66 Soosay et al. (2016) Strategies for sustaining manufacturing competitiveness. Emerald 67 Sorli et al. (2012)
Expanding lean thinking to the product and process design and
development within the framework of sustainability. Google Scholar 68
Tseng et al., (2013) Improving performance of green innovation practices under
uncertainty. Elsevier
69 Vinodh (2010)
Improvement of agility and sustainability: A case study in an Indian
rotary switches manufacturing organisation. Elsevier
70 Yang et al. (2010)
Mediated effect of environmental management on manufacturing
competitiveness: An empirical study. Elsevier
71 Yang (2014) Lean production system design and implementation in the product life
cycle Google scholar
72 Zhang (2011)
Towards theory building in agile manufacturing strategies—Case
studies of an agility taxonomy. Elsevier