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Table 1

Summary of the three case characteristics

Selection strategy	Case	Presence of lean practices	Presence of CSFs	Industry/products	Strategy	Layout	Number of employees	Inter-viewees	Introduced lean operating structures	Introduced CI structures
Diverse cases	A	Advanced	Extensive	High-tech electronics	Product leader	Cells	250	11	Lines, cells, teams, 5S, standards vs specials, Kanban boards	Quality control, PDSA, 8D problem-solving reports, stand-ups
Diverse cases	B	Some	Some	Concrete paving materials	Product leader	Mass-production line	40	10	5S, total productive maintenance, just-in-time supply, customer integration	PDSA, single-minute exchange of die, A3 reports, stand-ups, X-matrix
Polar type	C	Few	Some	High-quality metal building materials	Customer intimacy	Functional	100	11	Pull, i.e. a train and Kanban, small lot sizes, standard operating procedures	-

Selection strategy	Case	Presence of lean practices	Presence of CSFs	Industry/products	Strategy	Layout	Number of employees	Inter-viewees	Introduced lean operating structures	Introduced CI structures
Diverse cases	A	Advanced	Extensive	High-tech electronics	Product leader	Cells	250	11	Lines, cells, teams, 5S, standards vs specials, Kanban boards	Quality control, PDSA, 8D problem-solving reports, stand-ups
Diverse cases	B	Some	Some	Concrete paving materials	Product leader	Mass-production line	40	10	5S, total productive maintenance, just-in-time supply, customer integration	PDSA, single-minute exchange of die, A3 reports, stand-ups, X-matrix
Polar type	C	Few	Some	High-quality metal building materials	Customer intimacy	Functional	100	11	Pull, i.e. a train and Kanban, small lot sizes, standard operating procedures	-