Criteria and practices for lean and green performance assessment: Systematic review and conceptual framework

Although researchers recognize the synergy between lean and green manufacturing, the concepts around this topic remain unstructured. When it comes to performance assessment, the elements that allow evaluating the integrated performance of lean and green are still unknown, since each separate system (lean and green) has a specific logic to assess performance. Thus, this paper systematizes the available knowledge about the relationship between lean and green to identify how these practices relate to performance criteria and how they could be integrated into a unique assessment system. To achieve this goal, we applied a systematic review aiming to extract the main contributions and gaps from the lean and green literature. The systematic literature review was conducted in two stages: selection and analysis of the studies. After selecting a set of 65 articles, the paper provides an overview of the literature trends regarding journals addressed, most cited papers, applied methods, and current research streams. Then, through a content analysis of the articles, the paper identifies the performance criteria and practices of lean and green and their relationships. Based on the main findings, we proposed a conceptual framework that helps in understanding the concepts and relationships involved in the lean and green performance assessment system. From the literature review and inspired in the framework, we suggested some possible research questions for further investigation. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.