A critical assessment of prevailing models for measuring lean manufacturing
Lean Manufacturing (LM) is a thought developed in Toyota, thus, there is lack of studies investigated whether the implementation of LM is appropriate for different enterprises’ or not because of different organizational and social culture of enterprises and labor. This paper critically analyzes el...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English English |
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IEOM Society
2016
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/63500/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/63500/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/63500/1/63500_A%20Critical%20Assessment%20of%20Prevailing%20Models.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/63500/7/63500_A%20critical%20assessment%20of%20prevailing%20models%20for%20measuring_SCOPUS%20CONF.pdf |
| Summary: | Lean Manufacturing (LM) is a thought developed in Toyota, thus, there is lack of studies investigated whether the
implementation of LM is appropriate for different enterprises’ or not because of different organizational and social culture of
enterprises and labor. This paper critically analyzes eleven prevailing models for LM in an attempt to find a unified model
that can be applied inside enterprises. In the literature several models have a tendency to focus only on a few single
components. However, different enterprises use diverse dimensions and models for measuring LM. It aims to review the
various LM models prevailing in the contemporary research papers along with presentation of an in-depth analysis exploring
the similar and dissimilar aspects. The dimensions of the LM models adopted by different enterprises are quite diverse as
revealed through this investigation. The contribution of this review is twofold: various models for LM are critically analyzed
followed by a comparative evaluation with a vision to propose a potential model for LM that is applicable for manufacturing
enterprises. Results show that the unified model comprises of 11 components for LM initiated from the principles of Toyota
Production System (TPS). |
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