A Review on Approaches, Synergies, Obstacles of Lean and Green Manufacturing

Introduction

Companies must not only emphasis on their economic performance, but also be preemptive while dealing with ecological and social stance. Businesses are being challenged to use creative and innovative manufacturing techniques that could preserve a healthy equilibrium among the three pillars of sustainability performance: economic, environmental and social. Further as worldwide competition in the business has increased, organizations have been forced to grow and seek more new ways to improve their competitiveness .Further, in recent years, burden to improve the excellence, efficiency & efficacy of products & services has snowballed (Siegel et al. 2019). Industries are also facing difficulties from the worldwide market, counting monetary volatility, governmental impact, economic steadiness, technical invention, governing reform, and ecological density (Issa et al.2010). As per Paul et al. (2014), the cost of energy & resources is continually mounting because of escalating demand & restricted supply that in turn affects the producer's functioning and financial success. Reducing production & procedure leftover is one of the easiest means to stay competitive.