José Roberto Díaz-Reza

Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez | UACJ · Departamento de Ingeniería Electrica y Computación

Please cite this article as: Díaz-Reza, J. R., Mousavi, S. H., Sánchez-Ramírez, C., & García-Alcaraz, J. L. (2024). Achieving social sustainability through lean manufacturing practices: Insights from structural equation model and system dynamics. Journal of Cleaner Production, 141453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.141453

En este artículo se presenta una revisión bibliométrica de documentos identificados en la base de datos Scopus sobre cadena de suministro esbelta. Se hace uso del software VOSviewer y la plataforma Bibliometrix para el análisis de 451 identificados con la ecuación de búsqueda TITLE-ABS-KEY ("lean supply chain") OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ("lean supply")). Lo...

This research reports a structural equation model relating Lean Manufacturing Tools associated with Human Resource Management to the benefits obtained in the maquiladora industry of Ciudad Juarez (México). A questionnaire is designed and applied to the regional industry to obtain information about the implementation levels regarding the A3 problem-...

Lean manufacturing es un conjunto de herramientas enfocadas en la mejora continua de los procesos de producción mediante la reducción de los desperdicios para ofrecer un buen servicio al cliente mediante la calidad. En este artículo se presenta un modelo de ecuaciones estructurales que relaciona tres herramientas de Lean manufacturing (Andon, Gesti...

Supply chain strategies (SCS) have been gaining increasing interest given the recent disruptive events associated with wars and pandemics, where traditional SCS have proven insufficient. This article presents a bibliometric review of SCSs, analyzing the main trends, authors, institutions, and countries in which they are found, which will allow new...

Currently, manufacturing companies continue to face the problem of waste in their production processes. These wastes can cause companies to fail to meet demand, and their profits from product sales are relatively low. Lean manufacturing is a philosophy that focuses on eliminating waste from a company. This chapter presents a case study of a company...

This chapter presents the theoretical foundations of the PDCA cycle, which is currently one of the most widely applied methods worldwide for problem-solving in manufacturing processes. In addition, the fundamentals of auxiliary tools for information analysis, which have been applied in different projects together with the PDCA cycle, are also prese...

Waste mismanagement is a problem in the manufacturing industry nowadays. This chapter presents a case study in a manufacturing company in Mexico, where poor waste management has generated high costs for the disposal of fiberglass (USD 15,751.45) and general waste (USD 65,317.91) and losses in the sale of waste (USD 13,943.67) in the period January-...

Currently, manufacturing companies face problems that prevent them from achieving their goals of delivering products on time to satisfy their customers. This chapter reports a case study of a manufacturing company that presents a problem in the Warehouse area, specifically in receiving raw materials. It has been observed that the time it takes to r...

Nowadays, manufacturing companies are looking to improve their sustainability to respond to the market and customers’ demands for sustainable products. Therefore, companies must improve their production processes to increase sustainability (economic, environmental, social, technological, efficiency, energy, performance management, manufacturing, an...

Traditionally, the isolated relationship of total preventive maintenance (TPM), quick setup (QS), overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), and one-piece flow (OPF) with economic sustainability (ESU) has been investigated; however, these lean manufacturing (LM) tools are implemented together into production systems, and traditional research does not r...

The Mexican maquiladora industry is applying Lean Manufacturing Tools (LMT) in its production lines; however, few studies have investigated its relationship with sustainability (social, economic, and environmental). This paper presents a second-order structural equation model (SEM) relating 8 LMT integrated into three independent latent variables:...

Managers implement several Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) practices for better performance; however, the relationship among those variables requires a deep study. This paper reports the case of the Mexican maquiladora industry, analyzing the main relationships among external and external GSCM practices with environmental impact and environmen...

This paper reports a structural equation model (SEM) to quantify the relationship between Lean Manufacturing (LM) tools associated with machinery and sustainability. The LM tools are independent variables and include Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Jidoka, and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), whereas dependent sustainability variables com...

Product quality is one of the concerns of manufacturing managers, and the question they frequently ask themselves is, what should they do to guarantee it and achieve customer satisfaction? This paper presents a structural equation model (SEM), where Quality control (QUC) is the dependent variable, and it is assumed that Pull system (PUS), Small-lot...

This chapter presents a structural equation model (SEM) integrating the ten manufacturing practices that have been previously analyzed, which is of second-order. It is assumed that there are only four latent variables, which are Machinery (MAC), Production planning (PRP), and Production process (PRR), which are independent and second-order, and exp...

This chapter describes the materials and methods used to develop this research and validate the structural equation models presented here. The chapter is divided into different sections, according to the stages developed therein, starting with questionnaire development, its application to managers in companies, the data capture, and validation. Add...

Lean Manufacturing is a systematic approach that identifies and eliminates waste in operations through continuous improvement, reducing the system’s operating cost and meeting customer needs for maximum value at the lowest price. This chapter describes what lean manufacturing is, its tools, origins, facilitators, and barriers that prevent its imple...

This chapter presents a structural equation model integrated by four latent variables that are related using six hypotheses. The independent variables are Cell layout (CLA), Total productive maintenance (TPM), and Single-minute exchange of die (SMED), and the dependent variable is Inventory minimization (INMI). The model is evaluated using the part...

This chapter presents a structural equation model (SEM) relating four latent variables associated with lean manufacturing (LM) practices: Flexible resources (FLR), Supplier networks (SUN), Quality control (QUC), and Inventory minimization (INMI). FLR serves as the independent variable and the others as dependent variables. The LM practices are rela...

Lean manufacturing is a methodology that focuses on tools and practices implementation in production lines, which provides improvements and better performance in all operative processes. These tools optimize production processes to achieve cost reduction by reducing waste generated throughout the production process. This chapter gives an overview o...

Lean manufacturing is an industrial production philosophy that integrates several tools to eliminate waste or anything that does not add value to the product or service but does add cost and labor. This chapter presents a structural equation model that integrates three latent independent variables (Demand management, Kanban, and One-piece flow) tha...

This article presents a bibliometric review of life cycle analysis in the wine industry, focusing only on the ten most critical grape-based beverages. A consultation was carried out in databases such as Scopus, Web of Science, Dimensions, ScienceDirect, from which only 121 scientific articles from all databases were analyzed, discarding other types...

Nowadays, supply chain performance is measured since it is essential in globalized companies as maquiladoras. They import all raw material and import and export all final products, with high information, material, and money flow, having complex networks. This article reports findings from a structural equation model integrating four latent variable...

This paper presents a second-order structural equation model that analyzes three lean manufacturing tools associated with material flow, such as 5S, SMED, and continuous flow related to economic sustainability. The variables relate to each other through six hypotheses, tested with 169 responses to a questionnaire applied to the Mexican maquiladora...

Nowadays, companies are requiring a fast response to market, and supply chain must be adapted. This paper presents a structural equation model (SEM) integrating advanced manufacturing technology, pull system, responsiveness to market as independent latent variables, and responsive supply chain strategy as dependent latent variable. Those variables...

Timely product delivery is one of the quality characteristics that clients value the most, which is why production plans and programs are made to guarantee it. One of the most used quality-focused production programs is Just-In-Time (JIT) philosophy; however, it remains unclear to what extent JIT factors of quality planning and management influence...

This chapter reports a model of structural equations that integrates three independent variables: Total productive maintenance, just in time and Overall equipment efficiency and the relationship they have with Social sustainability as a dependent variable. The four variables are related through six hypotheses that are validated with information gat...

This article reports a structural equation model (SEM) with four latent variables to measure the relationship between information and communication technologies (ICT) integration with supply chain flexibility, supply chain agility, and company’s performance. The SEM integrates six hypotheses with relationships among variables and is validated with...

Current competitive, complex, and uncertain markets drive companies toward increasing active collaboration among human resources involved in a supply chain. Increasing employee participation and supply chain collaboration results in increasing the performance, competitiveness, and, consequently, economic success for companies. In this article, a st...

This chapter reports a structural equation model which relate four latent variables associated with employee performance, knowledge transfer, supply chain complexity and flexibility, which incorporate 17 observed variables. The latent variables are related through 6 hypotheses that are tested with data gather from 269 responses to a questionnaire a...

Short changeover times have always been critical in manufacturing and are a necessity nowadays in all types of industries, due every wasted minute means inefficiency. Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) is a methodology developed by Shigeo Shingo in 1985, which seeks to reduce the setup time of a machine to less than ten minutes (Shingo, 1985). I...

New environmental tendencies have been incorporated into supply chains, and suppliers are playing an important role. However, the main problem when selecting a green supplier is determining the attributes that contribute to a green supply chain. Moreover, a lot of companies ignore the benefits gained from green suppliers on economic performance and...

Advanced manufacturing technologies (AMT) require considerable investments that managers often avoid, which makes it difficult to link their production operations with the benefits reported in literature review. The present paper shows a structural equation model that integrates four latent variables to measure the relationship between the levels o...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to measure the relationships between advanced manufacturing technologies (AMTs) categories (stand-alone, intermediated and integrated systems) implementation and design, process and commercial benefits obtained. Design/methodology/approach A survey is designed with benefits gained from AMT implementation as wel...

This paper reports a second-order structural equation model composed of four variables: the green attributes before and after an industrial production process, the operating benefits, the commercial benefits, and the economic benefits. The variables are related by means of five hypotheses and are validated statistically with information obtained fr...

This chapter proposes a structural equation model to analyze four latent variables: internal knowledge transfer, external knowledge transfer, supply chain flexibility, and supply chain performance. These variables are interrelated through three research hypotheses. The model is validated with data obtained through a questionnaire that was administe...

Total Productive Maintenance is considered a lean manufacturing tool increasingly used within the current industrial environments. Therefore, the objective of this chapter is to present a series of concepts and definitions described throughout the literature review, discuss them, and show its evolution as well.

This chapter presents some data related to the evolution of total productive maintenance in recent decades, specifically from 1994. As a matter of fact, the data is organized according to the type of publication, the published, number as well as the TPM use trend, information is presented on the number of published articles by each journal, the aut...

In this chapter, a description from a total of 75 critical success factors for the total productive maintenance (TPM) implementation program within the industry is reported, these critical success factors were divided into 2 categories: activities related to the human factor and activities related to the operative factor, which is briefly described...

In this chapter, simple models where only two latent variables intervene are described, in which the main objective is to find the relationship between them, as well as their dependence level. In addition, only three simple models from two variables are presented, therefore, some tables are developed including a summary that allows observing all th...

In the two previous complex models, the benefits from the actions on the variables have not been integrated. However, this Complex Model 3 has the purpose of integrating two latent variables associated with the activities, but already related to two types of benefits in the analysis. In addition, the variables that comprehend the model are: Manager...

In this chapter, two structural equation models are presented. The first one refers to a model that integrates two technical variables and two benefits, while the second model is an integrator, since it integrates the Human factor independent latent variable where the independent Operating factor and Benefits latent variables intervene in the total...

Throughout this chapter, the main benefits that can be obtained with the effective TPM implementation are exposed. In addition, these benefits have been identified from the literature review previously written, including a total of 22 benefits (observed variables) divided into three categories: Benefits for the company, productivity benefits, and s...

In this chapter, four structural equation models are presented, where variables that integrate the human factor category appeared during the TPM implementation process, which operate as independent variables and are related to variables from the operational factor categories as well as from the obtained benefits. In addition, the models are validat...

In this chapter two structural equation models are presented, which are related to the technical factors associated with the total preventive maintenance programs implementation such as the PM Implementation, TPM implementation, Technological status, Layout and Warehouse management. In addition, these technical factors are linked to the Benefits fo...

This chapter presents the descriptive analysis of the data obtained from the applied questionnaires in this research, which is developed in two sections: the first part refers to the descriptive analysis of the sample with demographic data. On the other hand, the second section shows the items in each of the latent variables, where the median is us...

This chapter deals with the validation process from the latent variables that integrate the structural equation modeling. A total of eight complex models are generated, involving nine variables associated with critical factors of total productive maintenance (TPM) and three latent variables related to obtained benefits. Also, the validity indexes f...

This chapter presents the methodology that will be used to solve the issue previously mentioned, which intends to connect the critical success factors of total productive maintenance and their benefits where hypotheses are developed and statistically tested. Also, it explains how an instrument or questionnaire is designed to gather information from...

In this chapter, the research problem that is addressed in the book is described and based on that the objectives of the book are established, where the limitations and scopes are defined according to the accessed data.

Supply Chain (SC) has become a key element for companies to increase their productivity and competitiveness. However, the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) has also played an important role in the performance of these companies. Therefore, this chapter analyzes three latent variables in order to know the importance of ICT in b...

Procurement and inventory represent two of the most important stages that integrate the supply chain (SC), if there is a mistake or problem in one of them, it can lead to total failure of the chain, therefore, generate losses to the companies among other issues. To avoid that kind of problems, multiple companies have decided to invest in informatio...

Resumen: En este artículo se presenta un modelo de ecuaciones estructurales que relaciona tres variables latentes; Transferencia del conocimiento interno, el desempeño de los empleados y el desempeño de la cadena de suministro que incorporan 15 variables observadas. Se propone un modelo de tres hipótesis que fue validado usando la información recab...

Resumen: Una de las estrategias que siguen las empresas para mantenerse en el ambiente competitivo actual y globalizado, es invertir en tecnologías avanzadas para la manufactura, las cuales ofrecen flexibilidad agilidad y el mejoramiento los índices de desempeño empresarial. Sin embargo, también existen empresas que han reportado múltiples problema...

The present research proposes a structural equation model to integrate four latent variables: managerial commitment, preventive maintenance, total productive maintenance, and productivity benefits. In addition, these variables are related through six research hypotheses that are validated using collected data from 368 surveys administered in the Me...

Nowadays, structural equation modeling (SEM) has become a technique used worldwide. Its versatility and the way how it links different variables have allowed its application in a great number of studies of different areas (social sciences, medicine, engineering, etc.). Due to the impact of SEM, throughout this chapter, a number of concepts will be...

The aim of this study is to quantify the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) and its technological updates on the success of the green supply chain (GSC) implementation, as well as the benefits this affords. This research is applied to the Mexican maquiladora export industry. A model of structural equations is presented to kn...

This paper presents a structural equation model for analyzing the relationship between four latent variables: infrastructure, production processes, transport benefits, and economic benefits within the supply chain for wine from La Rioja, Spain, by incorporating 12 observed variables. The model proposes six hypothesis that were tested using informat...

Nowadays, buying a computer for family use is a frequent practice, yet the wide variety of equipment that markets offer can be overwhelming. Each computer has its own characteristics and attributes, and some of such attributes—especially qualitative features—may be difficult to assess. This chapter presents a theoretical framework that allows famil...

Supplier evaluation and selection are fundamental tasks since they are part of the production process and even initiate the supply chain (SC). Despite their importance in the production system, supplier evaluation and selection may be challenging activities to be performed if companies look at the wide range of available evaluation techniques and m...

Mexico has received a lot of foreign investment that has brought in a wide range of novel production philosophies, such as Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED). Despite its popularity and reported effectiveness, Mexican companies often quit SMED implementation as they consider it challenging. This usually happens when organizations are not familia...

Seis sigma (SS) es una herramienta ampliamente usada en el control de calidad por la industria anufacturera, dado que existen muchos reportes de éxito y son muchos los beneficios obtenidos, aunque también se han reportado casos de fracaso. Esos fracasos hacen necesaria la identificación de factores críticos de éxito de SS y analizar la posibilidad...

El objetivo de este artículo es analizar, presentar y validar el impacto que el recurso humano tiene en la cadena de suministros, por lo que se diseñó un cuestionario en base a 16 items encontrados, siendo los más significativos y utilizados al momento de conocer su participación dentro de la cadena de suministros. Se segregaron los 16 items, en 3...

Resumen-En este trabajo se presenta una validación de un total de 13 dimensiones que han sido identificadas mediante la revisión de literatura y que son usados para medir los factores críticos de éxito en la implementación de Six Sigma en las empresas maquiladoras de Ciudad Juárez, México. Con estas dimensiones se construyó un cuestionario con 83 í...

Resumen-TQM es una herramienta cada vez más utilizada por las empresas y se sabe que para su implementación exitosa influyen diversos factores de éxito, principalmente la gerencia y el entrenamiento. Está demostrado que dichas variables intervienen ya sea directa o indirectamente; sin embargo, se desconoce la manera cuantitativa en que lo hacen, po...

Nowadays, Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) has achieved great industrial popularity. However, it remains unclear to what extent and how SMED implementation at its different stages benefits industries. To address this gap, this research proposes a structural equation model to quantitatively measure SMED effects. The model has six hypotheses tha...

Data Envelopment Analysis is an optimization technique widely used in different areas, but one of the most important is in production process (PP) in industry. This paper reports a literature review for DEA with applications to PP, and the methodology followed integrate a review in databases, capturing the author's name, publication year, publicati...

Modeling the cause and effect is traditionally solved using some regression technique when the independent and dependent variables are continuous or measurable. Often, however, the variables are constructs or dimensions and their measurement is given by several other variables, such as in the case of industrial productivity and then traditional met...