Impacts of Industry 4.0 technologies on Lean management tools: a bibliometric analysis

The objective of our research is to analyze synergies between Lean management tools and Industry 4.0 technologies, during the period between 2011 and 2020. Firstly, this study has adopted a dynamic and quantitative bibliometric method in web of science. Then, in order to highlight the correlation between lean management and Industry 4.0, we did a second search using the same keywords on google scholar. The originality in this work lies in an in-depth examination of the relationship of 38 tools Lean to 15 technologies Industry 4.0, which has been briefly discussed by a few authors. The strategy consists of a summary of Lean 4.0 tools and technologies that is of interest to organizations in several sectors, with an inside on interactive engineering and simulation for the factory of the future. In light of the results obtained, we deduce that there are many synergies between Lean Management tools and Industry 4.0 technologies.