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The impact of lean methods and tools on the operational performance of manufacturing organisations

Belekoukias, Ioannis; Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo; Kumar, Vikas

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Ioannis Belekoukias

Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes



Abstract

Evidence suggests that lean methods and tools have helped manufacturing organisations to improve their operations and processes. However, the real effect of these methods and tools on contemporary measures of operational performance, i.e. cost, speed, dependability, quality and flexibility, is still unclear. This paper investigates the impact of five essential lean methods, i.e. JIT, autonomation, kaizen, total productive maintenance (TPM) and value stream mapping (VSM), on these measures. A linear regression analysis modelled the correlation and impact of these lean practices on the operational performance of 140 manufacturing organisations around the world. In addition, structural equation modelling (SME) was used to cross verify the findings of the regression and correlation analyses. The results indicate that JIT and automation have the strongest significance on operational performance while kaizen, TPM and VSM seem to have a lesser, or even negative, effect on it. This paper provides further evidence regarding the effects that lean practices have on the performance of organisations and thus the research offers companies, and their managers, a better understanding of the relationship between the lean strategy and the performance of their operations. © 2014 Taylor & Francis.

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Belekoukias, I., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Kumar, V. (2014). The impact of lean methods and tools on the operational performance of manufacturing organisations. International Journal of Production Research, 52(18), 5346-5366. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2014.903348

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 6, 2014
Online Publication Date Apr 7, 2014
Publication Date Sep 17, 2014
Deposit Date Apr 9, 2015
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal International Journal of Production Research
Print ISSN 0020-7543
Electronic ISSN 1366-588X
Publisher Taylor & Francis
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 52
Issue 18
Pages 5346-5366
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2014.903348
Keywords autonomation, JIT, kaizen, lean methods, measures of operational performance, SEM, TPM, VSM
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/819413
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2014.903348
Additional Information Additional Information : This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Production Research in April 2014, available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00207543.2014.903348

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