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The aim of the paper is to present the philosophy of Lean Management as an instrument of improving sustainable management of enterprises. The article presents the origins, characteristics of the broadly understood concept of Lean Management and describes the idea of Sustainable Development (SD). At the same time implications for the application and development of the instruments which operationalize the assumptions of SD at the level of enterprises are discussed. The paper specifies those areas of functioning of contemporary companies in which Lean Management can be implemented and compares them with the features of traditional management in particular subjects.

Lean Management as an Instrument of Sustainable Development of Enterprises

Management Systems in Production Engineering

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The aim of the paper is to present the philosophy of Lean Management as an instrument of improving sustainable management of enterprises. The article presents...

Lean Management as an Instrument of Sustainable Development of Enterprises

Published Online: Mar 15, 2018

Page range: 31 - 36

Received: Nov 01, 2015

Accepted: Jan 01, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mspe-05-01-2016

Keywords
Lean Management, Sustainable Development, integrated enterprise management systems

© 2018

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

Lean Management as an Instrument of Sustainable Development of Enterprises

Published Online: Mar 15, 2018

Page range: 31 - 36

Received: Nov 01, 2015

Accepted: Jan 01, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mspe-05-01-2016

KeywordsLean Management, Sustainable Development, integrated enterprise management systems

© 2018

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

Keywords
Lean Management, Sustainable Development, integrated enterprise management systems