... (Dave, 2020). Following Second World War, Toyota and Taiichi Ohno pioneered lean production, a concept that propelled Japan, along with other Japanese companies and industries, to achieve economic supremacy in a remarkably short time (Özdağoğlu and Rebiş, 2016). The Lean concept integrates...

... published in 2020 or later (Cudney et al., 2020 ; Davidson et al., 2020 ; Gómez-Molina and Moyano-Fuentes, 2022). Lean production Higher education Assessment framework Lean production, or simply “lean,” is a methodology to promote continuous improvement...

... 13 05 2022 15 05 2022 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Lean thinking Perceived adoption of lean principles Lean production Operational performance Good manufacturing practices Uncertainty Pharmaceutical industry...

... 10 2021 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only The lean literature has recently acknowledged employee voice in problem-solving teams as a critical success factor in implementing lean (van Dun and Wilderom, 2012, 2016). Lean production...

... systems theory. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Organizational culture Operations management Healthcare Lean production Lean is arguably one of the most prominent current business methods to increase value and decrease waste...

...Brian Vo; Elif Kongar; Manuel F. Suárez Barraza Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, a case study on the application of lean production principles in a manufacturing facility is presented to demonstrate the impact of frequent and systematic use of a Kaizen event on quality...

... in the manufacturing industry. Manufacturing Lean production Management techniques The companies throughout the world are trying to improve their profit without increasing the sale price of their products. This can only be done by minimizing the manufacturing cost of the products, by increasing...

... of this paper is to revisit causal effects and investigate hysteresis effects of lean production on performance. With a focus on firm heterogeneity, this paper explores the role of organization ownership structure in shaping the relationship between lean production and performance. The propensity score...

... studies Continuous improvement Higher education Lean production In the second stage of data analysis, we followed abductive reasoning, meaning that the researchers move iteratively between theory and empirical data. Abductive inference, which starts from a set of facts and then derives our most...

... can be contacted at: karl.vandermerwe@nmmu.ac.za 28 07 2016 20 12 2016 20 12 2016 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Higher education Lean production Learning Simulation The first step in the research...

... is the corresponding author and can be contacted at: aabolhas@mix.wvu.edu Lean manufacturing Continuous improvement Lean production Lean strategic practices 13 10 2014 08 04 2015 06 08 2015 05 11 2015 02 12 2015 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group...

... and semi-structured interviews with project managers used for the pilot study. In total, 40 projects carried out by multinational corporation, concerning NPD, are analysed, comparing product and project features with results obtained in terms of performance indexes usually used in “Lean Production” sector...

.... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Six Sigma Lean production Higher education Quality Process management Process efficiency Lean Six Sigma (LSS) as a process excellence methodology has been around for over a decade in many manufacturing and service-oriented organisations...

... 2 and 3). In order to start manufacturing KYJ Bottom Cases, MSL needed to install machines having the capabilities to do drilling, facing, counter chamfering, tapping and axle hole slitting operations. MSL had three options: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Lean production...

... modeling Leanness index Tyre manufacturing Mic‐Mac analysis Lean production India Automobile industry along with its ancillaries is one of the leading contributors’ of GDP of any developed country and is a leading factor in generating export revenues. It also helps in developing higher...

... framework for transport operations. Gunnar Stefansson can be contacted at: Gunnar.Stefansson@chalmers.se © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Transport operations Motor carrier Lean 7 wastes Transport efficiency Transport management Lean production Traditionally, the focus...

...@noms.gsi.gov.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Lean production Organizational culture Manufacturing industries United Kingdom Lean was popularised over 25 years ago in The Machine that Changed the World (Womack et al., 2003). The literature (Stamm, 2004 ; Baker...

... manufacturing process in India. Originality/value This paper provides some key insights to the successful adoption of lean Six‐Sigma tools in an Indian industrial environment, where lean practices are still in the very nascent stage and very little literature is available in this context. Lean production...

... standard composed of three main constituent parts: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Lean Six Sigma Certification Lean production Standards Lean Six Sigma is a business improvement methodology that aims to maximise shareholders' value by improving quality, speed, customer...

... emotional links between them, resulting in intensification of relations and a greater loyalty. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Management techniques Management strategy Corporate strategy Business improvement Lean production Management branding allows stakeholders to define...