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An empirical study for implementation of lean principles in Indian manufacturing industry

Jasti, Naga Vamsi Krishna, Kodali, Rambabu·2016·Benchmarking: An International Journal
DOI 10.1108/bij-11-2013-0101
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Purpose: – Lean manufacturing (LM) principles are one of the alternatives to improve manufacturing productivity, quality and customer satisfaction in Indian manufacturing industry. The purpose of this paper is to find the implementation status of LM principles across Indian manufacturing organizations through the empirical survey methodology. Design/methodology/approach: – The survey questionnaire was developed based upon literature review conducted on LM and also considered experts suggestion in the field of LM. The survey questionnaire was sent to 753 manufacturing organization located in India. The respondent organization details have gathered from the list of Confederation of Indian Industries directory for the year 2011.The selected respondents were production managers, quality managers, sales managers, maintenance managers, CEOs of the organization. The empirical survey collected 180 filled survey questionnaires from Indian manufacturing industries. Findings: – The study clearly identified that many manufacturing organizations were in initial transition stage and concentrating mostly in-plant operations instead of collaboration in all levels of business with suppliers and customers. The present study found that drivers for implementation of LM were customer satisfaction and organizational continuous improvement program. The present study also found that barriers to implement LM principles were employee resistance, implementing few elements of LM principles instead of the complete package of LM framework, budget constraints and lack of understanding of LM principles to shop floor managers. Finally the study concluded that Indian manufacturing organizations have to conduct continuous learning programmed to improve understanding of LM principles as well as to maintain their motivation level in apex point. The study also suggested that a systematic LM framework is needs to Indian manufacturing organizations, which will act as clear cut guiding torch to the organization managers to implement LM principles across organization. Research limitations/implications: – The sample size of the present study was moderate number than previous studies. However the study only concentrated on manufacturing organizations across India. The results of the present study cannot generalize across all the sectors of Indian organizations. Originality/value: – The concept of LM was very popular among developed and developing countries in the world. Many research studies were performed across world to find the status of LM implementation in their countries. Very few research studies reported the status of LM implementation in Indian manufacturing industries and those studies also with limited focus of the status of LM implementation. Hence the study presented details status of LM principles implementation in Indian manufacturing industries.

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Authors
Jasti, N. V. K., & Kodali, R.
Affiliations
  • Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (IN)
  • National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur (IN)
ORCID
Jasti, Naga Vamsi Krishna
Venue
Benchmarking: An International Journal
Publisher
Emerald
Published
2016-02-01
Volume
23
Issue
1
Pages
183-207
ISSN
1463-5771 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1108/bij-11-2013-0101
OpenAlex
W2227020437
Cited by
84
References
46
Citations by year
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FWCI
21.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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Locations
Benchmarking An International Journal (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management Information Systems › Quality and Supply Management
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Management and Optimization Techniques
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering › Digital Transformation in Industry
Keywords
lean manufacturing, lean implementation, Indian manufacturing, barriers to lean adoption, employee resistance, continuous improvement, customer satisfaction, customer-supplier collaboration, budget constraints

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