The Performance of Adaptive Approach in Lean and Green Operations

¹ Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Jalan Broga, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
² School of Engineering, Monash University Malaysia, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, 47500 Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
³ Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering, University Malaysia Pahang, 26600 Pekan, Pahang Darul Makmur, Malaysia

^* Corresponding author: honloong.lam@nottingham.edu.my

Abstract

In recent years, the manufacturing sector has been pressured with global warming and resource scarcity. This issue has triggered the industry to seek for solutions to improve the sustainability of their production. Based on literature study, the main components of an organisation consists of manpower, machine, money, material and environment. Thus, the fundamentals need to be addressed to improve the production performance. In this study, an adaptive lean and green approach is presented to identify the priority areas that can improve the organisation performance. Backpropagation algorithm is incorporated into the adaptive model to analyse the dynamic performance of the organisation. However, the input of industry expert is required to prioritise the initial input of the main components. This is relatively important as prioritisation of main components defer from sectors. A case study will be illustrated with the adaptive lean and green model. Operation improvements shall be observed through the implementation of the proposed method.