TY - GEN
T1 - Enhancing Efficiency in the Maritime Industry Through Lean Practices
T2 - 32nd International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, FAIM 2023
AU - Neves, Ângela
AU - Godina, Radu
AU - Erikstad, Stein Ove
N1 - Funding Information:
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDP%2F00667%2F2020/PT#
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDB%2F00667%2F2020/PT#
Radu Godina and Stein Ove Erikstad acknowledge EEA Grants Portugal for its financial support via the project PT-INN-0066|M4ML – Mobility for Maritime Logistics.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2024, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The maritime industry is an important sector of the world economy, facing many challenges. Lean tools can have a significant impact on reducing waste, time and costs, and increasing efficiency. This paper aims to identify and categorise the different lean practices implemented in the maritime industry and the main barriers and benefits of their implementation through a systematic literature review. This categorisation is intended to improve the understanding of lean practices and their benefits and to contribute to the decision making of stakeholders for their implementation. The analysis of the selected articles suggests that the implementation of these practices is effective in the context of the maritime industry, having as main benefits the increase of efficiency, and cost reduction. It was also possible to see that the vast majority of studies do not specify the lean tools used. The lack of knowledge, know-how, training of workers, and the lack of management involvement were identified as the main barriers to the implementation of these initiatives. However, further research is needed in this industry, namely in quantifying the impacts and identifying best practices for the implementation of these initiatives.
AB - The maritime industry is an important sector of the world economy, facing many challenges. Lean tools can have a significant impact on reducing waste, time and costs, and increasing efficiency. This paper aims to identify and categorise the different lean practices implemented in the maritime industry and the main barriers and benefits of their implementation through a systematic literature review. This categorisation is intended to improve the understanding of lean practices and their benefits and to contribute to the decision making of stakeholders for their implementation. The analysis of the selected articles suggests that the implementation of these practices is effective in the context of the maritime industry, having as main benefits the increase of efficiency, and cost reduction. It was also possible to see that the vast majority of studies do not specify the lean tools used. The lack of knowledge, know-how, training of workers, and the lack of management involvement were identified as the main barriers to the implementation of these initiatives. However, further research is needed in this industry, namely in quantifying the impacts and identifying best practices for the implementation of these initiatives.
KW - Lean manufacturing
KW - Maritime Industry
KW - Ports
KW - Supply Chain
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85172737940&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-38165-2_35
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-38165-2_35
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85172737940
SN - 978-3-031-38164-5
T3 - Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
SP - 293
EP - 306
BT - Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing: Establishing Bridges for More Sustainable Manufacturing Systems
A2 - Silva, Francisco J. G.
A2 - Ferreira, Luís Pinto
A2 - Sá, José Carlos
A2 - Pereira, Maria Teresa
A2 - Pinto, Carla M. A.
PB - Springer
CY - Cham
Y2 - 18 June 2023 through 22 June 2023
ER -