<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Manufacturing sectors and companies all over the world are successfully implementing lean principles within their processes. Nowadays, lean has become an indispensable part of global players. Companies worldwide need to be aware of multiple factors which weigh heavily on the success or failure of lean implementation. This paper focuses on giving a brief and structured overview over the fundamental organizational factors which play a substantial role for the lean manufacturing (LM) implementation process. The study below focuses on internal factors which are indispensable for a successful LM implementation within organizations. It is imperative that these internal factors are known, recognized and taken into consideration during the whole LM implementation process. Ignoring their influence on the process's implementation may lead to endangering the expected results or to making the process more difficult which could result in much higher human resource consumption.</p></abstract>

Manufacturing sectors and companies all over the world are successfully implementing lean principles within their processes. Nowadays, lean has become an indispensable part of global players. Companies worldwide need to be aware of multiple factors which weigh heavily on the success or failure of lean implementation. This paper focuses on giving a brief and structured overview over the fundamental organizational factors which play a substantial role for the lean manufacturing (LM) implementation process. The study below focuses on internal factors which are indispensable for a successful LM implementation within organizations. It is imperative that these internal factors are known, recognized and taken into consideration during the whole LM implementation process. Ignoring their influence on the process's implementation may lead to endangering the expected results or to making the process more difficult which could result in much higher human resource consumption.

Succesful Lean Manufacturing Implementation: Internal Key Influencing Factors

Faculty of Engineering/Department of Engineering and Management, “Lucian Blaga” University, Sibiu, Romania

Acta Universitatis Cibiniensis. Technical Series

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Manufacturing sectors and companies all over the world are successfully implementing lean principles within their processes. Nowadays, lean has become an...

Succesful Lean Manufacturing Implementation: Internal Key Influencing Factors

Published Online: Sep 23, 2015

Page range: 121 - 126

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aucts-2015-0076

Keywords
lean manufacturing, Toyota Production System (TPS), influences

© Virginia Iuga et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Succesful Lean Manufacturing Implementation: Internal Key Influencing Factors

Published Online: Sep 23, 2015

Page range: 121 - 126

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aucts-2015-0076

Keywordslean manufacturing, Toyota Production System (TPS), influences

© Virginia Iuga et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
lean manufacturing, Toyota Production System (TPS), influences