IoT-Enabled Lean Manufacturing: Use of IoT as a Support Tool for Lean Manufacturing

Abstract

In the current era, manufacturing industries are entering an extremely competitive environment that harbors new challenges and solutions to overcome those problems. Manufacturers around the globe are finding new ways to operate to maximize operational efficiency, improve sustainability and productivity while decreasing the net overhead cost. Lean production is often seen as one of the most robust framework used by the tycoons of the industries to achieve these goals. With the recent evolution of digitized production technologies in industry 4.0, such as the Internet of things (IoT); Scientists, Manufacturers and Researchers are finding new ways to improve the traditional Lean framework. This research paper aims to examine the link present between Lean manufacturing and IoT. With extensive literature review, it was identified that IoT technology can act as a support tool for lean manufacturing, it not only improves productivity during planning and execution but also streamlines the maintenance stage.