abstract
- © 2021 IEEE.The purpose of this literature review is to examine how Digital Lean Manufacturing is viewed in the academic literature and how it is being operationalized. We reviewed 100+ scientific articles to identify what has been written about Digital Lean Manufacturing. There appears to have been two waves of scientific research on the theme of Digital Lean Manufacturing covered in the extant literature since the term first appeared in the year 2007. This paper is the first comprehensive literature review on Digital Lean Manufacturing and presents pertinent factors and useful insights into this emergent and intensifying field of research.