{"id":73343,"date":"2026-04-13T13:37:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bonfiglioliconsulting.com\/?p=73343"},"modified":"2026-04-13T13:37:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:37:59","slug":"lean-digital-world-class-automation-news-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bonfiglioliconsulting.com\/en\/lean-digital-world-class-automazione-news-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"From Lean Thinking to Lean &amp; Digital World Class: Michele Bonfiglioli on Automazione News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an industrial context marked by advanced digitalization, artificial intelligence, and new geopolitical complexities, the <strong>Lean Thinking<\/strong> it cannot remain confined to the factory. It must evolve into an integrated model that embraces supply chain, product development, organizational structure, and people: this is the <strong>Lean &amp; Digital World Class<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michele Bonfiglioli, CEO of <strong>Bonfiglioli Consulting<\/strong>, tell about this evolution in the interview published on <strong>Automation News<\/strong> (no. 4, April 2026), 25 years after the publication of <em>\u201cLean Thinking \u2013 Thinking Lean the Italian Way\u201d<\/em> From founder Romano Bonfiglioli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What emerges from the interview:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Around <strong>one in three companies<\/strong> In Italy, Lean Thinking is adopted organically, with a focus on medium and large enterprises.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Where the method is applied consistently, the results are measurable: an increase in productivity of <strong>20-30%<\/strong>, inventory reduction of <strong>30-40%<\/strong>, delivery punctuality beyond <strong>90%<\/strong>, reduced time to market <strong>30-50%<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only the <strong>5-7% of businesses<\/strong> Manages change proactively and with a high degree of digitalization in Operations and the Supply Chain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Implementing digital technologies without rethinking processes in a Lean way risks generating <strong>\u201cdigital waste\u201d<\/strong>automation of useless tasks, information redundancy, lack of system integration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The model <strong>Lean &amp; Digital World Class<\/strong> proposes an integrated architecture that merges lean methodology and digital tools, following the operational cycle <strong>Sense \u2192 Store \u2192 Analyze \u2192 Display<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lean Thinking remains valid in its fundamental principles, but it must be interpreted in a new way, within a much more complex global scenario. Its most advanced version is <strong>Lean &amp; Digital World Class<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Michele Bonfiglioli<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The data cited in the article comes from the research <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonfiglioliconsulting.com\/en\/benchmarking-study-operations\/\">\u201cWhat's Next in Operations? 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