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- Title
Empirical Modeling of Lean Adoption in Small to Medium Size Manufacturers.
- Authors
McLeod, Alister A.; Stephens, Matthew P.; McWilliams, Douglas L.
- Abstract
The practice of lean production has been documented in detail by production and operations management specialists world-wide [B. B. Flynn, S. Sakakibara, R. G. Schroeder, K. A. Bates and E. J. Flynn, Empirical research methods in operations management, Journal of Operations Management 9(2) (1990) 250-284]. Theoretically, on the other hand, there has been little research that define and quantify what it means to be a lean manufacturer. A typological definition of what it means to be lean has in part been resolved by a model initially developed by Shah and Ward [Defining and developing measures of lean production, Journal of Operations Management 25(4) (2007) 785-805]. This definition was used to determine the underlying concepts of lean production in small to medium size manufacturers (SMMs). While most of the factors found in the Shah and Ward [Defining and developing measures of lean production, Journal of Operations Management 25(4) (2007) 785-805] study remained valid, the model developed for SMMs displayed some new factors.
- Subjects
PRODUCTION management (Manufacturing); INDUSTRIAL management; EMPIRICAL research; MANUFACTURERS' agents; COMMISSION merchants
- Publication
Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Systems, 2016, Vol 15, Issue 4, p173
- ISSN
0219-6867
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1142/S021968671650013X