2012
DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2011.642150
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Improving productivity in Indian SMEs

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“…They found that Indian SMEs are reluctant to implement lean manufacturing practices due to high financial investment and consultancy related expenses. Mathur et al (2012) reported significant improvement in productivity through implementation of Single minute exchange of die (SMED) tool in an Indian make to order (MTO) SME. Table 1 provides a list of lean practices exercised in SMEs as found in the relevant literature.…”
Section: Lean Manufacturing Paradigmmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…They found that Indian SMEs are reluctant to implement lean manufacturing practices due to high financial investment and consultancy related expenses. Mathur et al (2012) reported significant improvement in productivity through implementation of Single minute exchange of die (SMED) tool in an Indian make to order (MTO) SME. Table 1 provides a list of lean practices exercised in SMEs as found in the relevant literature.…”
Section: Lean Manufacturing Paradigmmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Mathur et al (2012) explain this, suggesting that given the financial, time and technical constraints encountered by SMEs, they select Lean tools that are simple and inexpensive to use. Interestingly, the rationale for the selection and combination of the tools/techniques is absent from most of the Lean SME literature, which given the holistic approach advocated as important for Lean (Hines et al, 2010) to be successfully implemented, would seem to be a notable omission.…”
Section: Insert Table 5 About Herementioning
confidence: 99%
“…While these economies have developed rapidly, they may still face significant challenges in implementing modern management methods. For example Mathur, Mittal, and Dangayach (2012) suggested that the workforce in Indian SMEs were likely to be semi-literate and consequently, have difficulties in applying traditional process improvement techniques.…”
Section: Why Are Company Size and The Level Of National Development Imentioning
confidence: 99%