1st Edition
Lean Manufacturing and Industry 5.0 Concepts, Technologies, and Methods
1. Lean Manufacturing Concepts. 2. Industry 4.0 Concepts. 3. Industry 5.0 Concepts. 4. Lean Tools (Core Tools). 5. Lean Tools (Supporting Tools). 6. Lean Integration with Other Strategies. 7. Industry 5.0 Challenges/Barriers/Factors. 8. Industry 5.0 Technologies (Digital Twins/Additive Manufacturing/Cobots). 9. Industry 5.0 Technologies (AI&ML/Data Analytics/IoT). 10. Tool/Technology Selection for Lean and Industry 5.0. 11. Workforce Attributes/Skills/Readiness for Lean and Industry 5.0. 12. Lean and Industry 5.0 Performance Measurement. 13. Lean and Industry 5.0 Implementation. 14. Research Avenues and Application Domains of Lean and Industry 5.0.
Biography
S. Vinodh is a Professor in the Department of Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. He was a gold medalist in his undergraduate study and has published over 200 research papers in international journals out of which more than 20 of them are concerned with Industry 4.0. Dr. Vinodh has seventeen years of teaching and research experience in Industrial Engineering/Manufacturing. He has completed three Sponsored Research Projects, and twelve scholars were awarded Ph.D. degrees under his guidance. He co-authored “Lean Six Sigma for Small and Medium Enterprises: A Practical Guide” (9781482260083) and authored two additional books, “Sustainable Manufacturing: Concepts, Tools, Methods and Case Studies” (9780367278687) and “Lean Manufacturing: Fundamentals, Tools, and Approaches with Industry 4.0 Integration” (9781032040455) all published by CRC Press. His research interests include Sustainable manufacturing, Lean manufacturing, Agile manufacturing, Additive manufacturing, and Industry 4.0/5.0.
