Investigation of critical lean culture criteria frame work for lean transformation
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2014
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Military Technical College
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The international conference on applied mechanics MTC;Issue: 16 Pages: 1-18
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ABSTRACTMany manufacturing companies when implementing lean manufacturing, they onlyemphasize on lean tools and techniques. They ignored the human factor or morespecific they failed to build the right culture. Hence, these companies could notobtain the full benefits of lean manufacturing implementation, and in fact, they arehaving difficulties sustaining the success attained. This paper provides a theoreticallean culture criteria framework for implementation of lean manufacturing. Thisframework builds on the literature review that involves major sources of leanmanufacturing community and also based on Toyota way culture. This studyinvestigates how the lean culture influences the implementation of lean system in allorganizations. The study further explains how an organization can benefit fromassessment of their culture by adopting lean culture framework. It is found from theliterature review that a number of factors need to be taken into account in order toimplement a successful lean system. The framework would enable the organizationsto assess their internal culture before implementing lean methodology.
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University of Lean manufacturing, organizational culture, lean culture and framework
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