... the following items are considered as wastages irrespective of the industry. 5S Textile industry Lean production Lean Process efficiency Overproduction – Producing more products than the actual market demand leads to investing more capital in excess inventory. Waiting time...

... for enhanced job performance; the duration of lean production in operation moderates job performance in such a way that the longer the duration, the higher will be job performance. Originality/value It could be expected that academics and practitioners alike are motivated by a desire to clearly apprehend...

...G.L.D. Wickramasinghe; Vathsala Wickramasinghe Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present empirical findings of the effect of continuous improvement (CI) on shop-floor employees’ job performance in the Lean production system-implemented textile and apparel firms. Design/methodology...