<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The acceptance of lean philosophy in the company means not only respecting the lean principles in the manufacturing but in all the processes that are performed inside the company. All processes in the company that are a potential places for making losses and waste and thus require the application of lean principles. Among others, warehouse and warehouse operations, as a centre of costs and waste, must be supported through the implementation of lean philosophy in the company by respecting lean principles. The implementation of lean principles in the warehouse is a certain step of improvement warehouse process and performance, but also of the whole company. In that sense, the paper presents the analysis of the warehousing process and its performances before and after implementation of the lean tools in a selected Serbian company as a practical example. In addition, research shows which parts of warehousing need to be improved, in analysed company, as well as correlation between the individual parts of warehousing, according to employees' opinion from next sectors: purchasing, production and logistics.</p></abstract>

The acceptance of lean philosophy in the company means not only respecting the lean principles in the manufacturing but in all the processes that are performed inside the company. All processes in the company that are a potential places for making losses and waste and thus require the application of lean principles. Among others, warehouse and warehouse operations, as a centre of costs and waste, must be supported through the implementation of lean philosophy in the company by respecting lean principles. The implementation of lean principles in the warehouse is a certain step of improvement warehouse process and performance, but also of the whole company. In that sense, the paper presents the analysis of the warehousing process and its performances before and after implementation of the lean tools in a selected Serbian company as a practical example. In addition, research shows which parts of warehousing need to be improved, in analysed company, as well as correlation between the individual parts of warehousing, according to employees' opinion from next sectors: purchasing, production and logistics.

Effects of Lean Tools in Achieving Lean Warehousing

Panić Faculty of Economics, University of Nis,

Economic Themes

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The acceptance of lean philosophy in the company means not only respecting the lean principles in the manufacturing but in all the processes that are performed...

Effects of Lean Tools in Achieving Lean Warehousing

Published Online: Mar 16, 2017

Page range: 517 - 534

Received: Jul 12, 2016

Accepted: Feb 01, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ethemes-2016-0026

Keywords
lean manufacturing, lean warehouse, supply chain, performance

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Effects of Lean Tools in Achieving Lean Warehousing

Published Online: Mar 16, 2017

Page range: 517 - 534

Received: Jul 12, 2016

Accepted: Feb 01, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ethemes-2016-0026

Keywordslean manufacturing, lean warehouse, supply chain, performance

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
lean manufacturing, lean warehouse, supply chain, performance