Purpose – British empirical research suggests culture and change have contributed to every lean failure. While … prevailing research implies that successful lean implementations lead to a profitable organisation it focuses on the low numbers … of successful lean conversions. This paper aims to explore the importance of a suitable change strategy resulting in the …

of quality. Design/methodology/research – The paper is informed by a review of literature on corporate collapse and … quality management. A literature review and global web search of corporate demises is then conducted. Actual causes of …/dissimilarities. The link between causes of corporate demise and the concept of quality is then explored and appropriate implications and …

language of the CEO and engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, quality, and finance functions. Coupled with LEAN BEHAVIORS SM … functions such as engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, quality, and finance often pursue separate paths to achieve function …‐specific goals. This paper utilizes the principles and tools of lean production to decode the CEO’s mandates and deliver practical …

Purpose – Lean construction looks into the possibility of bringing successful lean production theories into the … construction industry. It was believed that lean production principles could also be influenced by the essence of military … practices of lean construction in the industry and the similarities in the two sets of statements from lean construction …

inventory; team approach; processes; maintenance; layout/handling; suppliers; setups; quality; and scheduling/control. A score … displayed in the score worksheet and finally a lean profile chart is created to display the current status of the plant and the … gap from their specific lean targets. Findings – Results of the lean assessment tool have revealed a somewhat significant …

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to investigate the role of management support in a lean implementation. The … impact the lean implementation made on communication within the organization is also examined. Design …/methodology/approach – Qualitative methods were used to study the relationships between management support, organizational communications, and a lean …

: Stage‐Gate, Agile and Lean. Findings – In manufacturing, MRP is a push system; JIT is a pull system. MRP seeks perfection … Lean and Agile systems exploit the inside‐out approach. They constrain decisions and reduce the cost of errors that arise … from two sources. Lean addresses interactions, which add complexity to business systems. Agile addresses unpredictability …

Purpose – This paper aims to identify the success factors linked to human resources management during the lean … sequence that leads to the cultural change required in lean production adoption. Design/methodology/approach – A case study is …