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Title Sustainability-Oriented Application of Value Stream Mapping: A Review and Classification
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Authors Lee, JKY; Gholami, H; Saman, MZM; Bin Ngadiman, NHA; Zakuan, N; Mahmood, S; Omain, SZ
Title Sustainability-Oriented Application of Value Stream Mapping: A Review and Classification
Year 2021
Published
DOI 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3077570
Abstract Notwithstanding the research on refining lean tools for the sake of sustainable development is slowly progressing, sustainability-oriented application of value stream mapping has received undivided attention from practitioners and researchers. Going through the literature highlights that there is a lack of research in integrating and systematising the available knowledge on this lean tool, which is regarded as a visual process-based method to make sustainable progress over the time-based and green concepts of wastes to also assess and improve the societal sustainability performance of organisations. Hence, this paper has been aimed at presenting the findings of a systematic literature review on value stream mapping from the triple bottom line point of view. It classifies and codes the main studies in the context as well as provides a research agenda with nine recommendations that may advance this under-studied field. To narrow the gap in the current literature, this article also proposes a sustainability indicator set that would considerably contribute to guiding and strengthening the state-of-the-art research on successful implementation of the application. Besides, the findings indicate that more investigations are needed on employing survey and conceptual methodologies, applying comparative and cross-industry perspectives, developing sustainability indicator sets particularly societal metrics, and considering the stakeholders' benefits from adopting sustainability-oriented value stream mapping. The research on the convergence of this sustainability-oriented application and new paradigms such as IR 4.0 and/or Circular Economy should be also strengthened.
Author Keywords Measurement; Encoding; Sustainable development; Manufacturing; Transportation; Tools; Production; Sustainability; lean manufacturing; value stream mapping (VSM); indicator set; literature review
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:000650449500001
WoS Category Computer Science, Information Systems; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Telecommunications
Research Area Computer Science; Engineering; Telecommunications
PDF https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2021.3077570
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