Alvarez, Lucia; Avella, Lucía; Martinez, Ramón - In: Journal of industrial engineering and management : JIEM 17 (2024) 3, pp. 753-776
Purpose: Although Heijunka (production levelling or smoothing) is a lean tool designed to balance changing customer needs and production efficiency, this study aims to analyze the impact of Heijunka and identify various factors which can generally affect its successful implementation....