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- Title
New Developments In Lean Manufacturing.
- Authors
Soto, Robert J.; Kleiner, Brian
- Abstract
This paper explores the current progress and as well as new developments of lean initiatives in the manufacturing industry. The paper highlights the challenges faced by small and medium sized business (SMEs) as well as the obstacles encountered by mass customizers when they each engage in applying lean manufacturing principles. The emerging concept of agile manufacturing and its relationship to lean is also reviewed as well as the role IT plays in offering solutions to attaining a lean and agile organization. The paper uses recent surveys and international case studies to identify critical success factors and to evaluate the effectiveness of lean efforts in the manufacturing industry.
- Subjects
LEAN management; SMALL business; CUSTOMIZATION; ECONOMICS
- Publication
Business Journal for Entrepreneurs, 2015, Vol 2015, Issue 1, p127
- ISSN
1548-1859
- Publication type
Article