Lean Thinking: An Overview

A, Thangarajoo Y and Smith

doi:10.4172/2169-0316.1000159

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“…In the literature, lean is explored from two broad ways: Strategic and operational. The first is associated with lean principles and goals, while the second refers to practical aspects related to its implementation, tools and techniques [5].…”

Section: Literature Review Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Lean is based on five fundamental principles: Defining value from the customer perspective, identifying the value streams, making the value flow, implementing pull-based production, and striving for perfection continuously [5]. It also focuses on waste elimination by improving process performances and value creation [5,8,18]. The term waste in lean context is defined as an event or process that does not reflect customers value or generate any added value to the final output [2].…”

Section: Literature Review Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this phase, the potential Xs can be identified through a value stream map (VSM) [21]. VSM is a process flow chart that identifies the added-value and non-value-added activities in a stream product transformation process [5]. The VSM reveals hidden issues in the process, brings options to the surface, and enables the potential to maximise performance by eliminating the waste.…”

Section: Measure and Analyse Phasementioning

confidence: 99%

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Identification of Key Performance Indicators in Project-Based Organisations through the Lean Approach

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For the time being, companies and organisations are being forced to compete in utterly complex and globalised environments, facing massive natural, economic, and technological challenges on a daily basis. Addressing these challenges would be impossible without a proper approach that helps them identify, measure, understand, and control the performance of their organisations. Lean principles and techniques rise as a solution. This paper justifies and proposes the use of lean principles and techniques to identify key performance indicators (KPIs) in project-based organisations based on their organisational and operational needs. The research focuses mainly on the identification and categorisation of KPIs through a qualitative approach, based on systematic literature review (SLR) of performance indicators, project management, and project success. As a case study, an analysis of relevant information of an R&D and innovation project-based organisation, such as quality manuals, a benchmarking process, internal studies, and surveys regarding what success means for different kinds of stakeholders and for the organisation itself was conducted. As a result, this research is of a high value for project-based organisations, especially those that are not apprised of how to correctly formulate a series of KPIs, or whose path to it is still not clear.

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Section: Literature Review Discussionmentioning

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“…Product value stream should be identified when customers’ values are recognized. By mapping out the current and future states of a value stream, organizations will be able to identify the assumptions behind the current work processes and challenge each activity in a value stream to its relevance in adding value from a customer point of view (Thangarajoo and Smith, 2015). Hines et al (1999) explained mapping as a tool for developing electronics distributors’ network.…”

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confidence: 99%

Investigating the effect of value stream mapping on operational losses: a case study

Dadashnejad

Valmohammadi

2018

JEDT

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Purpose One of most important tools for lean production is value stream mapping (VSM), which identifies and reduces errors, losses, waiting time and improves value adding time, leading to enhanced product quality through empowering production unit in terms of production risk and cost reduction in the long term. This paper aims to present a general concept for production flow, such that value stream can be fully understood. For this purpose, this research investigates the effect of value stream on operational losses and analyzes the process that has been conducted in preview step operationally, using the discovered pattern. Design/methodology/approach In this research, related processes were evaluated after the review of the relevant literature and after extracting operational basics of lean approach using a questionnaire, such that all factors affecting operational losses and VSM were assessed. Then comparison between the result of current state map and the result of future state map were done and analyzed. Cronbach’s alpha was calculated to test the designed questionnaire’s reliability, which resulted in an acceptable level of 0.845. The structural equation modeling method through SPSS and Smart–Partial Least Square was applied to analyze the data and test the hypotheses. Findings The results reveal that implementing required changes and corrections will lead directly to production process improvement, which, in turn, results in higher customer satisfaction because of cost reduction and quality enhancement. Also, tests of the hypotheses confirm that VSM affects six operational losses, namely, equipment failures, set-up and changeovers, idling and minor stoppages, reduced speed operation, scrap and rework and startup losses. Research limitations/implications Though this study was done in a single manufacturing company, the implementation of this study delivers important results that can be deployed in other such manufacturing companies. Practical implications This tool helps to identify loss points, make right decisions, and choose the best methods and lean tools for improvement. The surveyed company can integrate lean principles and tools and achieve better results using this tool. Also, this tool could be used to analyze the process and to define necessary changes before changing the process components. Originality/value This study contributes to the body of knowledge in manufacturing research as the study regarding the effects of improvement opportunities identified through VSM on operational losses is still something new.

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“…The aim of the mentioned concept is to achieve the required quality of products or services by using fewer financial and other resources, whereby a synergy between the lean and "green" production or provision of services is achieved [17,23]. Even though the lean application is not easy [22], the possibilities of the lean approach are multiple. There are many examples of successful applications in all types of manufacturing [7], in industry and services [13].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Application of lean tools for improved effectiveness in maintenance of technical systems for special purposes

Epler¹,

Sokolović²,

Milenkov³

et al. 2017

EiN

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Lean Thinking: An Overview

Cited by 34 publications

References 28 publications

Identification of Key Performance Indicators in Project-Based Organisations through the Lean Approach

Identification of Key Performance Indicators in Project-Based Organisations through the Lean Approach

Investigating the effect of value stream mapping on operational losses: a case study

Application of lean tools for improved effectiveness in maintenance of technical systems for special purposes

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