Lean production and the Internet

Bruun, Peter

doi:10.1016/s0925-5273(03)00302-5

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“…Womack and his colleagues based the principles of Lean on the ‗Toyota Production System' and asserted that: ‗Lean production … is ‗lean' because it uses less of everything compared with mass production -half the human effort in the factory, half of the manufacturing space, half the investment in tools…half the engineering hours to develop a new product in half of the time.' (Womack et al 1990, p.13) An examination of this definition suggests that there is a strong emphasis placed on the reduction of resources both in the factory and activities extending beyond the shop floor (Bruun and Mefford 2004). Womack et al (1990) consider Lean to be a system that creates outputs using less of every input and although similar to the traditional massproduction system it offers increased choice for the end user, which it is argued signifies a paradigm shift (Price 1994;Perez 2005).…”

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Lean towards learning: connecting Lean Thinking and human resource management in UK higher education

Thirkell

Ashman

2014

The International Journal of Human Resource Management

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Lean towards learning: connecting Lean Thinking and human resource management in UK higher education

Thirkell

Ashman

2014

The International Journal of Human Resource Management

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“…In fact, managing the inventory is one of the main elements of the lean approach; to manage it effectively, all relevant parts of the chain members should be included in the IT-based supply chain system (Cook et al, 2011). Thus the IT system is a complementary and enabling factor for internal lean practices (Bruun and Mefford, 2004;Ward and Zhou, 2006). Through using the IT-based supply chain network, products can be presented to the market in a more responsive and flexible manner and with cost advantages (Gunasekaran et al, 2008).…”

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Exploring the Moderating Role of Lean Production on Supplier Performance: An Empirical Study of Turkish Automotive Part Suppliers

Karakadılar¹,

Hicks²

2015

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The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of strategic partnership, information technology and lean production techniques on the operational performance of Turkish automotive part suppliers by conducting a Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) path analysis. Survey data was gathered from 207 automotive part suppliers in Turkey. It was observed that internal lean production techniques implementation level and information technology tools had a positive effect on a supplier's operational performance, whereas no significant statistical relationship was found between strategic partnership and operational performance, except for the condition where the moderating effect of internal lean production techniques was involved. Consequently, this research verifies the importance and benefits of implementing lean production techniques for supplier firms. Keywords: lean production, supply chain integration, SPSS-AMOS. Yalın Üretim Tekniklerinin Tedarikçi Performansını Biçimleyici Etkisinin Araştırılması: Türkiye'deki Otomotiv Tedarikçileri Üzerine Nicel Bir Çalışma ÖzetBu çalışmanın amacı stratejik ortaklık, bilgi teknolojileri ve yalın üretim tekniklerinin tedarikçilerin performansı üzerindeki etkilerini yapısal eşitlik modeli (YEM) analizi ile araştırmaktır. Araştırma verileri Türkiye'deki 207 otomotiv tedarikçisi firmadan temin edilmiştir. Yalın üretim tekniklerinin uygulanmasının ve bilgi teknolojisi araçlarından faydalanılmasının tedarikçinin operasyonel performansına olumlu etkisi olduğu, stratejik ortaklık ile operasyonel performans arasındaki ilişkide ise yalın üretim uygulamaların biçimleyici etkisi dışında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir ilişki bulunmadığı ortaya konmuştur. Sonuç olarak, bu araştırma yalın üretim tekniklerinin uygulanmasının tedarikçi firmalara sağladığı faydaları ve söz konusu tekniklerin önemini ortaya koymaktadır. Anahtar kelimeler: yalın üretim, tedarik zinciri entegrasyonu, SPSS-AMOS. 74BOGAZICI JOURNAL M any manufacturing companies have begun to pursue a strategy of working closely with only a small number of suppliers in order to gain additional competitive advantage (Shin et al., 2000; Prahanski and Benton, 2004). A prerequisite for such close working is the effective utilisation of information and communication technologies in combination with face-to-face collaboration (Simatupang and Sridharan, 2005). Furthermore, in establishing successful close partnerships it has been suggested that a prior adoption of lean production techniques can be advantageous (Fynes et al., 2005). However, while beneficial, lean production techniques do not by themselves optimize the value for the end customer; rather, it is necessary to integrate the full spectrum of business processes to achieve this (Jayaram et al., 2008). Given the previously reported findings, it can be hypothesised that manufacturers who adopt a lean production approach are better placed to integrate their production processes with their suppliers and thus realise maximum advantage. Likewise, in order to provide this integr...

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“…Later, this viewpoint was adopted as a strategy to enhance global competitive power. Many companies that achieved satisfactory results from implementing the lean production philosophy in their production systems tried to apply the same technique to other areas of their enterprise, such as product design, receiving and shipping processes, receivable systems, and even the entire process of supply chain system [6].…”

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“…μ=(μ 1 ,μ 2 ,…,μ p )1×p (6) where http://sajie.journals.ac.za = j µ is the mean of the j th variable and j S is the standard deviation of the j th variable (column) and N is the standard matrix.…”

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Measuring the Leanness of Suppliers Using Principal Component Analysis Technique

Mehrjerdi

2011

The South African Journal of Industrial Engineering

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A technique that helps management to reduce costs and improve quality is 'lean supply chain management', which focuses on the elimination of all wastes in every stage of the supply chain and is derived from 'agile production'. This research aims to assess and rank the suppliers in an auto industry, based upon the concept of 'production leanness'. The focus of this research is on the suppliers of a company called Touse-Omron Naein. We have examined the literature about leanness, and classified its criteria into ten dimensions and 76 factors. A questionnaire was used to collect the data, and the suppliers were ranked using the principal component analysis (PCA) technique.

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Lean production and the Internet

Cited by 35 publications

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Lean towards learning: connecting Lean Thinking and human resource management in UK higher education

Lean towards learning: connecting Lean Thinking and human resource management in UK higher education

Exploring the Moderating Role of Lean Production on Supplier Performance: An Empirical Study of Turkish Automotive Part Suppliers

Measuring the Leanness of Suppliers Using Principal Component Analysis Technique

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