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This article is about implementing lean production in a company and problems with this process. Firstly it focuses on the definition of lean production. From literature review we find that there isn’t uniform opinion on the process of implementing lean production. Every author focuses on usage of different framework and tools during this process. In the article, there is mentioned problem of evaluating the level of implementation of lean production in the companies too. Secondly article presents the opinion of the authors about the principles of implementation of lean production. It is mechanism based on variability and buffers in the production systems. Little’s law is presented as a main tool that can help to better understand the process and manage the implementation in the right way. Finally there is shortly presented practical use of this law and mechanism in real company.

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