An Information Management Framework to Industry 4.0: A Lean Thinking Approach

Industry 4.0 is driven by modern information and communication technologies and is associated with smart factories that promote the digital industry with rapid production environments. Despite the benefits expected from the Industry 4.0, the daily volume of unstructured data in that environment may generate noise, as isolated this data do not provide any added value. In this context, Lean Thinking applied to information processes can minimize such waste, helping in the definition of information flows, as well as on the selection of relevant and value-added data. The present paper aims to analyse the relationship between Lean Thinking and Industry 4.0, and propose a framework that promotes the understanding of this relationship, as well as its impact on the information management processes.