Lean Application and Efficiency of manufacturing firms: An empirical study of manufacturing firms in Rivers State, Nigeria

Bagshaw, Karibo Benaiah

doi:10.17722/ijme.v11i2.466

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“…Thirdly, Kaplan, and Norton (1992) stated that NFPMS helps managers identify organizational problems and proffer solutions. Thus, the following variables were used in the existing literature to measure NFPMS: market shares, productivity, efficiency, workforce development, product quality, on-time delivery, customer satisfaction, leadership, and employee satisfaction (Bagshaw, 2018;Yuliansyali and Razimi, 2015). In this regard, this study used product quality as a proxy for NFPMS.…”

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“…Previous empirical studies had used market shares, productivity, efficiency, workforce development, product quality, on-time delivery, customer satisfaction, leadership, and employee satisfaction as measurements for non-financial performance (Bagshaw, 2018;Wonolo, 2018;Yuliansyah and Razim, 2015). Thus, lean manufacturing was also proxied by operational variables (Just-In-Time, Total Productive Maintenance and Automation) and human resources variables measured by empowerment, flexibility, and training and development (Tiwari and Tripati, 2016).…”

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LEAN Manufacturing and Firm Performance in the Palm-Oil Industries in Delta State, Nigeria

Dr¹

2020

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Purpose: The paper aims to examine the effects of LEAN manufacturing practices on a firm's performance, considering lean culture as a moderating variable in Delta state's palm oil industries. Design/Methodology/Approach: This study's sample was Palm oil industries located in Delta state and has been in existence for over ten years. Data were gathered through a survey of four hundred and thirty-three (433), and two hundred and four (204) were used to test the hypothesis. The study used the structural equation model to analyze the quantitative data generated from the four points Likert scale questionnaire. Findings: We found that lean manufacturing proxied by empowerment, training, and development has a positive and statistically significant effect on a firm's performance in terms of product quality. Results proved that the lean culture had a negative impact on a firm's performance. Practical Implications: Managers of organizations should consider the cultural background of the employees and where the organization is located to avert its negative impacts on the firm's performance. Originality: The novelty of testing lean culture as a moderating variable on the relationship between lean manufacturing and firm performance.

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LEAN Manufacturing and Firm Performance in the Palm-Oil Industries in Delta State, Nigeria

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2020

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Work Line Balancing and Production Efficiency of Manufacturing Firms in Rivers State, Nigeria

Bagshaw¹

2020

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Manufacturing firms are faced with the sequencing of tasks in workstations as the capabilities of manufacturing firms is to harness resources through the effective sequencing of task assignments in workstations. Thus, this study empirically examined work line balancing and production efficiency of manufacturing firms in Rivers State, Nigeria. Content on improving production efficiency by reducing non-value-added activities, cycle time and distribution of workload at each work station by work line balancing process, was also addressed. The dimensions of work line balancing were standardized work and one-piece flow; while production efficiency was measured using product output, product quality, and lead time reduction. The Pearson's Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMCC) was used to test the significance of the relationship between dimensions of work line balancing and production efficiency. The findings showed that standard work procedures in work stations' task assignments provide better work line balance and show a positive significant relationship with product output and lead time reduction. Also, one-piece flow was revealed to have a more significant and positive relationship with product quality than product output and lead time reduction. Therefore, it was concluded that implementing appropriate work line balancing in the workstations should be an ongoing activity in the production process and setting capacity utilization baselines is key to improving production efficiency.

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Lean Application and Efficiency of manufacturing firms: An empirical study of manufacturing firms in Rivers State, Nigeria

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LEAN Manufacturing and Firm Performance in the Palm-Oil Industries in Delta State, Nigeria

LEAN Manufacturing and Firm Performance in the Palm-Oil Industries in Delta State, Nigeria

Work Line Balancing and Production Efficiency of Manufacturing Firms in Rivers State, Nigeria

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