Table 1

Studies of the lean production system

AuthorMethodologyResults
Shah and Ward (2003) Questionnaire: 1757 answersOperational performance increase
Bonavia and Marin (2006) Questionnaire: 76 answersMain tools: TPM, TQM, standardised work
Shah and Ward (2007) Exploratory studyCorrelation of 10 factors
Jezierski and Janerka (2013) Survey: 300 plants64% don't understand lean tools
Netland (2013) Exploratory studyMain tools: standardised work, kaizen, TQM
Losonci and Demeter (2013) Study: 453 companies“Advanced lean”: higher operational performance
Belekoukias et al. (2014) Correlations study: 140 organisationsJIT and jidoka: operational performance increase
Netland et al. (2015) Survey: 36 plantsRelation between control practices and lean implementation
Piercy and Rich (2015) Longitudinal study: 5 companiesCorrelation between lean tools and sustainability performance
Lacerda et al. (2016) “VSM” tool studyOperators, inventory and cycle time reduction. Bottleneck eliminated
Netland (2016) Survey: 432 professionalsCSFs: managerial and worker engagement
Antosz and Stadnicka (2017) Questionnaire: 49 SMEsNot implementing lean: 55% of SMEs
Tezel et al. (2018) Questionnaire: 20 managers7 motivational factors, 20 lean techniques and 16 barriers
Sahoo and Yadav (2018) Survey: 121 SMEsInadequate knowledge of lean tools in “Lean beginners” and “In-transition lean”
Hernandez-Matias et al. (2020) “SEM” study: 202 companiesCorrelation between HRLP and lean implementation
Rajagopalan and Solaimani (2020) Longitudinal surveyIncreased lean tools adoption
Rajagopalan (2020) Longitudinal survey. Method: “TSREP”10% improvement in lean tools adoption
Singh and Kumar (2021) Survey: 153 companiesMain tools: 5S, BIM
Garcia-Garcia et al. (2022) “SMED” tool studyReduction: time (30%), costs (10%). Increase: (70%) OEE
Shahriar et al. (2022) “5S” tool studyTime reduction: internal processes
Gebeyehu et al. (2022) “VSM” and “kaizen” tools studyReduction: time (23%), WIP (8%), wait time (38%), distance (61%)

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