Intelligent Lean Manufacturing

Abstract

Lean manufacturing approach, in other words, the Toyota production system, is examined in the context of its historical development by using the articles researched from reputable journals in this field. Lean manufacturing, digitalization, and the interaction between these two developments are handled and attention is drawn to the change in the role of human factor in production. The aim of this study is to draw attention to digitalization in the automotive and electronics sectors, as well as in other branches of the manufacturing sector, where the lean manufacturing approach is widely used. As a result of this, it is stated that organizational transformation will be inevitable within the framework of future technological developments in enterprises. In this study, it will be revealed that the human role in production has changed and even decreased within the framework of the relationship between lean transformation and digital transformation. However, the concept of intelligent lean manufacturing was used for the first time in the literature.