Maciej Pienkowski

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Wroclaw University of Economics and Business

The article presents results of empirical research regarding relationship between two leading management concepts: Lean Management and Industry 4.0. It investigates answers to two research questions: how do Industry 4.0 technologies support companies, which operate according to Lean Management principles and in what directions can application of su...

Lean Manufacturing is currently used by companies from around the world, constituting a modern paradigm of managing production companies. Despite the undisputable popularity of the Lean concept, it turns out, that the successful implementation of its principles is still a big challenge for many organizations. Considering above mentioned issue, the...

Background. Lean management is nowadays one of the most dominating management concepts within the industrial and service environment, providing compelling business benefits to many companies. At the same time, its potential application in the non-governmental organisations, has not been extensively researched, yet. Filling this gap may significantl...

The paper is dedicated to answer the problem of measuring waste in companies, which are implementing Lean Manufacturing concept. Lack of complex identification, quantification an visualization of waste significantly impedes Lean transformation efforts. This problem can be solved by a careful investigation of Muda, Muri and Mura, which represent the...