-- Lean Concepts. -- Towards a reappreciation of the concept of value in sustainable and circular Lean thinking: a proposal for an ethically based Lean practice. -- The Culture & Climate for Agile Lean Thinking. -- A Confrontation between Lean Thinking and Postmetaphysical Philosophy. -- Digitalization. -- Barriers and Enablers of Lean Industry 4.0. -- How organizations can harness continuous improvement practices to develop their data analytic capability: a conceptual paper. -- Introducing DACAR: A Process Mapping Tool to Uncover Robotization Implications in Manufacturing. -- Toward 1+1=3 with Lean Robotics: The Introduction of a Human-Centered Robotization Method. -- Digital Tools Supporting Lean Program in a Multinational Enterprise. -- Lean Planning & Control in a High-Variety/Low-Volume Environment. -- Sustainability. -- Sustainability Struggles: Investigating the Interactions of Lean Practices and Barriers to Environmental Performance in Manufacturing. -- Investigating the relationship among Lean Manufacturing practices to improved eco-efficiency performance: a fuzzy DEMATEL analysis. -- The contribution of SMED to the sustainability of organizations. -- Social Lean Production. -- Hoshin Kanri for Social Enterprises - Co-visualizing values-based strategic plans. -- Education. -- Integration of a robot solution in a manufacturing environment: a serious gaming approach. -- Using Games and Simulations to Facilitate Generative Conflict. -- The influence of learning styles on the perception of Lean implementation effectiveness by employees. -- Current State of Practice in developing Lean Six Sigma training and certification programs -an Irish perspective. -- Improving the Success Rate of Lean-Themed Internships. -- Applications of Lean. -- The Impact of SMED on Productivity and Safety. -- A Systematic Literature Review on the use of Lean methodologies in Enterprise Sales processes. -- The first chapter of a regional deployment of a continuous improvement program in a Medical Device Company. -- Implementing an Order Pull system into a Medical Device Company using Define for Lean Six Sigma Methodology. -- Challenges for Optimal Efficiency in Pull Production within Complex Production Systems: A Literature Review.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th European Lean Educator Conference on Challenging the Future with Lean, ELEC 2023, held in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands during October 24-26, 2023. There are 24 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. The conference and presenting papers aimed to encourage Lean practitioners, educators, and researchers to “Challenge the Future with Lean,” examining how important societal issues such as war, healthcare, digitalization, and sustainability can be addressed through Lean thinking.