... practices. As socio-cultural changes are usually time-consuming, anticipating these organizational resilience needs may result in competitive advantages in the face of disruptive events. Lean production Resilience Soft lean practices Mixed-method research The categorization of soft lean...

... Leadership development Leadership Behaviour Lean production Although the importance of leadership has been recognized implicitly since the early descriptions of the Toyota Production System (TPS) (Sugimori et al., 1977 ; Monden, 1998 ; Schonberger, 1982), the understanding of TPS...

... the influence of workforce development on the relationship between lean production and operational performance. To test the hypotheses of the paper, a questionnaire was developed and tested on a sample of first tier suppliers in the Spanish automotive industry. Findings Results highlight the indispensable...

...Pedro José Martínez‐Jurado; José Moyano‐Fuentes; Pilar Jerez Gómez Purpose This paper aims to identify the success factors linked to human resources management during the lean production (LP) adoption process. A model of these factors and their interrelationships is also to be built to understand...

... undertaken in British manufacturing organisations focused on a bespoke change strategy for lean as there exists a plethora of research focusing on the generic change process. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Lean Change Audits Strategy Lean production Change management United Kingdom...

... and performance of business systems. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Decision making Product development Manufacturing resource planning Just in time Agile production Lean production Business systems strongly affect results, but the various systems view businesses differently...

... introduced the term “lean production system” in 1988 in his review of the Toyota Production System, and the term “lean manufacturing” was popularized by Womack et al. (1990), in The Machine that Changed the World. Lean manufacturing has many definitions associated with it. Some...

... employee. Employees, once aware of the organizations strategies, can contribute towards the overall goal (Niven, 2002). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Continuous improvement Quality Lean production Six sigma Total quality management Evolution Continuous improvement (CI...

... their manufacturing operations more productive. Lean production China Advanced manufacturing technologies China is the fastest growing market in the world. Its GDP has grown by more than 9 percent annually between 1978 and 2002 and has the biggest consumer market in the world. Zeng and Williamson (2003...

...ShouQing Wang; Low Sui Pheng; Teo Hui Fang Purpose Lean construction looks into the possibility of bringing successful lean production theories into the construction industry. It was believed that lean production principles could also be influenced by the essence of military strategies...

... differences might be found among strategic business units of the same parent, and certainly could be expected at lower levels of those organizations. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Supply chain management Integration Contingency planning Lean production Agile production...

... and confusion amongst employees, particularly over how to achieve new stretch goals. Key functions such as engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, quality, and finance often pursue separate paths to achieve function‐specific goals. This paper utilizes the principles and tools of lean production to decode...

...M.L. Emiliani Seeks to extend the traditional understanding of productivity by more closely coupling task and behavioral elements of work within the bounds of 1890s mass production principles and 1990s lean production principles. Comparisons are made between common batch and queue manufacturing...