Series Info:The International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering;Volume: 16 Issue: 16th International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering. Pages: 1-16
Type:Article
Keywords:University of Lean manufacturing, organizational culture, lean culture assessment, questionnaire
Abstract:
Many companies are looking at lean manufacturing for helping them to remain
competitive; Lean manufacturing is however more than just a set of tools and
techniques as it also requires a change in the organizational culture of the company
involved to be a lean culture. The relationship between an organization’s culture and
its ability to implement lean six sigma technique is a long-term effort. As a first step,
the purpose of this paper is to offer the results of a survey conducted to measure the
lean cultures criteria in the manufacturing company which is conducive for
successful implementation of lean six sigma methodologies. The method used for
this paper study was the questionnaire method using a lean culture assessment
questionnaire that has been designed by the researcher that was aligned to the
important principles based on Toyota Way model. This study indicates that the
existing organizational culture of radiator Production Company is relatively conducive
to the implementation of lean principles within the company.