Lean Manufacturing Perceptions and Actual Practice Among Malaysian SME’s in Automotive Industry

Stiff business challenges and product competition faced by automotive component manufacturers has forced them to look into lean manufacturing (LM). Presently there are more than 100 LM practices. However, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are not able to implement all LM practices due to financ...

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Main Authors:	A. N. M., Rose, B. M., Deros, M. N., Ab. Rahman
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Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2013
Subjects:	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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spelling	ump-109972015-11-02T04:23:41Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10997/ Lean Manufacturing Perceptions and Actual Practice Among Malaysian SME’s in Automotive Industry A. N. M., Rose B. M., Deros M. N., Ab. Rahman TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Stiff business challenges and product competition faced by automotive component manufacturers has forced them to look into lean manufacturing (LM). Presently there are more than 100 LM practices. However, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are not able to implement all LM practices due to financial, expertise and skill constraints. Therefore, in this study the authors investigated the level of perception and actual practice within 24 LM practices, regarding actions believed feasible to be implemented in SMEs. In addition, the authors gathered LM information sources, reasons for implementing LM and its benefits to SMEs. A questionnaire survey was conducted in 35 SMEs involves in manufacturing automotive components. The majority of SMEs have a high perception of the importance of LM practices but in reality are not undertaking them. The SMEs mainly received their LM information from their customers, and they strongly believe that LM practices could improve their long-term business sustainability and competitiveness in the market place. Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10997/1/2_Rose%20et%20al.pdf A. N. M., Rose and B. M., Deros and M. N., Ab. Rahman (2013) Lean Manufacturing Perceptions and Actual Practice Among Malaysian SME’s in Automotive Industry. International Journal of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering (IJAME), 7. pp. 820-829. ISSN 1985-9325(Print); 2180-1606 (Online) http://dx.doi.org/10.15282/ijame.7.2012.2.0067 DOI: 10.15282/ijame.7.2012.2.0067
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description	Stiff business challenges and product competition faced by automotive component manufacturers has forced them to look into lean manufacturing (LM). Presently there are more than 100 LM practices. However, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are not able to implement all LM practices due to financial, expertise and skill constraints. Therefore, in this study the authors investigated the level of perception and actual practice within 24 LM practices, regarding actions believed feasible to be implemented in SMEs. In addition, the authors gathered LM information sources, reasons for implementing LM and its benefits to SMEs. A questionnaire survey was conducted in 35 SMEs involves in manufacturing automotive components. The majority of SMEs have a high perception of the importance of LM practices but in reality are not undertaking them. The SMEs mainly received their LM information from their customers, and they strongly believe that LM practices could improve their long-term business sustainability and competitiveness in the market place.
format	Article
author	A. N. M., Rose B. M., Deros M. N., Ab. Rahman
author_facet	A. N. M., Rose B. M., Deros M. N., Ab. Rahman
author_sort	A. N. M., Rose
title	Lean Manufacturing Perceptions and Actual Practice Among Malaysian SME’s in Automotive Industry
title_short	Lean Manufacturing Perceptions and Actual Practice Among Malaysian SME’s in Automotive Industry
title_full	Lean Manufacturing Perceptions and Actual Practice Among Malaysian SME’s in Automotive Industry
title_fullStr	Lean Manufacturing Perceptions and Actual Practice Among Malaysian SME’s in Automotive Industry
title_full_unstemmed	Lean Manufacturing Perceptions and Actual Practice Among Malaysian SME’s in Automotive Industry
title_sort	lean manufacturing perceptions and actual practice among malaysian sme’s in automotive industry
publisher	Universiti Malaysia Pahang
publishDate	2013
url	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10997/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10997/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10997/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10997/1/2_Rose%20et%20al.pdf
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Lean Manufacturing Perceptions and Actual Practice Among Malaysian SME’s in Automotive Industry

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