<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The concept of lean management in an organization, improving products and processes using the Lean Manufacturing concept, is discussed in this paper. Striving for excellence is the key factor in maintaining competitiveness on the market. Only organizations able to adapt to changing environmental conditions faster than others achieve an advantage, and the management in line with the Lean Manufacturing philosophy is de facto change management. In this paper, important factors in the ceramic industry, which should be taken into account when implementing Lean Manufacturing are characterized. Important factors affecting the implementation of lean tools include, such as: the size of the enterprise, involvement of employees, knowledge about the Lean concept, technological factor, type and variety of the product line, as well as the specificity of the ceramic industry. The greatest opportunity associated with the implementation of Lean is to increase the competitiveness of the company obtained through: meeting the quality and economic expectations of customers. The greatest opportunity associated with implementation of the Lean is to increase competitiveness of the company obtained through: meeting the quality and economic expectations of their customers. Practice shows, however, that despite the simplicity of rules and tools, few organizations manage to achieve the level of excellence of the pioneer of this concept, the Japanese Toyota Corporation.</p></abstract>

The concept of lean management in an organization, improving products and processes using the Lean Manufacturing concept, is discussed in this paper. Striving for excellence is the key factor in maintaining competitiveness on the market. Only organizations able to adapt to changing environmental conditions faster than others achieve an advantage, and the management in line with the Lean Manufacturing philosophy is de facto change management. In this paper, important factors in the ceramic industry, which should be taken into account when implementing Lean Manufacturing are characterized. Important factors affecting the implementation of lean tools include, such as: the size of the enterprise, involvement of employees, knowledge about the Lean concept, technological factor, type and variety of the product line, as well as the specificity of the ceramic industry. The greatest opportunity associated with the implementation of Lean is to increase the competitiveness of the company obtained through: meeting the quality and economic expectations of customers. The greatest opportunity associated with implementation of the Lean is to increase competitiveness of the company obtained through: meeting the quality and economic expectations of their customers. Practice shows, however, that despite the simplicity of rules and tools, few organizations manage to achieve the level of excellence of the pioneer of this concept, the Japanese Toyota Corporation.

Barriers and opportunities in implementation of Lean Manufacturing tools in the ceramic industry

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The concept of lean management in an organization, improving products and processes using the Lean Manufacturing concept, is discussed in this paper. Striving...

Barriers and opportunities in implementation of Lean Manufacturing tools in the ceramic industry

Published Online: Nov 14, 2018

Page range: 48 - 52

Received: Feb 19, 2018

Accepted: Apr 08, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30657/pea.2018.19.10

Keywords
Lean manufacturing, Lean management, Ceramic industry, Barriers to implementation, Lean tools

© 2018 Daniel Kleszcz, published by Sciendo

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

Barriers and opportunities in implementation of Lean Manufacturing tools in the ceramic industry

Published Online: Nov 14, 2018

Page range: 48 - 52

Received: Feb 19, 2018

Accepted: Apr 08, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30657/pea.2018.19.10

KeywordsLean manufacturing, Lean management, Ceramic industry, Barriers to implementation, Lean tools

© 2018 Daniel Kleszcz, published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
Lean manufacturing, Lean management, Ceramic industry, Barriers to implementation, Lean tools