Meet the editor

Karmen Pažek was born in 1976. She graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maribor, Slovenia, in 2000. In 2001 she was employed at the same faculty as an assistant for the field of grassland management. Between 2000 and 2003, she enrolled in the master's study program in Agriculture Economics at the same faculty, and in 2003 she received her master's degree. In the same year, she enrolled in a doctoral study in Agriculture

Economics at the Faculty of Agriculture and obtained the status of a research assistant. In 2006 she successfully completed her Ph.D. in Agriculture Economics. Since 2006 she has been habilitated at the University of Maribor, and Life Sciences (she has been a full professor since 2016) for the field of Farm management. She holds several courses at all levels of study. She is currently the head of the 1st-degree study Agriculture Economics and Rural Development and the Vice Dean for Education. Her research includes the development of decision support tools and systems for farm management (simulation modeling, multicriteria decision analysis, option models, risk management), the economics of agricultural production, and other modern methods of operational research.

Contents

**Section 1**

*and Ganesh Babu Shanmugam*

Optimal Capacity Planning

Tools, and Techniques Evolved

*by Sevilay Demirkesen*

*by Yash Dave*

*by Imen Safra and Kaouther Ghachem*

Introduction to Lean Waste and Lean Tools *by Shyam Sunder Sharma and Rahul Khatri*

*by Vasileios Ismyrlis*

**Preface XI**

Lean Manufacturing Concepts in Enterprises **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 13**

**Chapter 3 29**

**Chapter 4 49**

**Chapter 5 59**

**Chapter 6 83**

**Chapter 7 97**

**Chapter 8 117**

Application of Lean in a Small and Medium Enterprise *by Venkataramanaiah Saddikuti, Saketh Saddikuti Venkat* 

Effect of Lean Practices on Organizational Performance *by Lokpriya Mohanrao Gaikwad and Vivek K. Sunnapwar*

Model-Based Enterprise Continuous Improvement *by Bruno Vallespir and Anne Zouggar-Amrani*

Enhancement of Textile Supply Chain Performance through

From Lean Manufacturing to Lean Construction: How Principles,

Single Minute Exchange of Dies: Classical Tool of Lean Manufacturing

Lean and Kaizen: The Past and the Future of the Methodologies
