The impact of lean methods and tools on the operational performance of manufacturing organisations.
Journal article
Authors | Belekoukias, Ioannis, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo and Kumar, Vikas |
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Abstract | Evidence suggests that lean methods and tools have helped manufacturing organisations to improve their operations and processes. However, the real effect of these methods and tools on contemporary measures of operational performance, i.e. cost, speed, dependability, quality and flexibility, is still unclear. This paper investigates the impact of five essential lean methods, i.e. JIT, autonomation, kaizen, total productive maintenance (TPM) and value stream mapping (VSM), on these measures. A linear regression analysis modelled the correlation and impact of these lean practices on the operational performance of 140 manufacturing organisations around the world. In addition, structural equation modelling (SME) was used to cross verify the findings of the regression and correlation analyses. The results indicate that JIT and automation have the strongest significance on operational performance while kaizen, TPM and VSM seem to have a lesser, or even negative, effect on it. This paper provides further evidence regarding the effects that lean practices have on the performance of organisations and thus the research offers companies, and their managers, a better understanding of the relationship between the lean strategy and the performance of their operations. |
Keywords | Autonomation; Just-In-Time manufacturing; Lean manufacturing; Operational performance |
Year | 2014 |
Journal | International Journal of Production Research |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
ISSN | 00207543 |
1366588X | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2014.903348 |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/622279 |
hdl:10545/622279 | |
Publication dates | 07 Apr 2014 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 13 Mar 2018, 09:58 |
Rights | Archived with thanks to International Journal of Production Research |
Contributors | University of Warwick, University of Derby and University of the West of England |
File | File Access Level Open |
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https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/92q1q/the-impact-of-lean-methods-and-tools-on-the-operational-performance-of-manufacturing-organisations
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