“…Studies on lean have also been carried out by many researchers (e.g. Widiantoro, 2015;Lizasoain et al, 2015;Arfmann and Topolansky, 2014;Procter and Radnor, 2014;Maleyeff, 2014;Nadeau, 2017;Rüttimann et al, 2014;Leite and Vieira, 2015;Arafeh, 2016;Drake et al, 2013;Berenyi and Banhegyesi, 2015;De Sousa et al, 2014). (Arfmann, 2014) stated that Lean is only suitable in the manufacturing or service industries.…”