Implementing lean practices in manufacturing SMEs: testing ‘critical success factors’ using Necessary Condition Analysis
| Autor: | Wilfred Herman Knol, Roel Schouteten, Jannes Slomp, Kristina Lauche |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0209 industrial biotechnology
Operational performance Process management Strategy and Management 05 social sciences Success factors 02 engineering and technology Management Science and Operations Research Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Lean practices 020901 industrial engineering & automation 0502 economics and business Critical success factor Top management Business Institute for Management Research 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Production Research, 56, 3955-3973 International Journal of Production Research, 56, 11, pp. 3955-3973 |
| ISSN: | 0020-7543 3955-3973 |
| Popis: | Contains fulltext : 195215.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access) Lean practices are known to increase operational performance. Previous research has identified critical success factors for implementing lean practices. This research aims to examine the extent to which success factors are critical for various degrees of lean practice implementation. Using multiple-respondent self-assessments from 33 Dutch manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), we conducted a Necessary Condition Analysis. Our findings indicated that the criticality of success factors is progression dependent. In the initial stages of the lean journey, SMEs could improve their lean practices in a bottom-up manner through local factors such as a learning focus, improvement training and support congruence. When lean practices are more advanced, some company-wide factors must be present: top management support, a shared improvement vision and a supplier link. Our findings question the universality of success factors such as strategic involvement and indicate the need for a more dynamic model of lean implementation. 09 januari 2018 18 p. |
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