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Industry 4.0 triggered by Lean Thinking: insights from a systematic literature review

V. L. Bittencourta Department of Production and Systems, School of Engineering of University of MinhoGuimarães, PortugalView further author information
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A.C. Alvesa Department of Production and Systems, School of Engineering of University of MinhoGuimarães, Portugal;b Centro ALGORITMI, University of Minho, Guimarães, PortugalCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1496-1510 | Received 24 Jan 2020, Accepted 17 Sep 2020, Published online: 21 Oct 2020

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