Category FAQs Search : Lean Production
Question: Lean Production Practices to Enhance Organisational Performance
Answer: Service sector organisations are constantly overcoming the challenges facing the overproduction and waste reduction within their environments. Industries are also becoming very
competitive thus forcing them to seek suitable production organisation strategies with the aim towards
enhancing their competitiveness and efficiency. The aim of this research study is to investigate the
impact of lean production practices on the performance of service based businesses through the case
study of a local baked goods supplier. The research framework adopted consists of questionnaire
survey method implemented with different end users, thus covering the overall production – retail –
customer cycle. The research results and analysis justify the objective of the research that lean
production practices enhance the performance of the supplier company and the common tool
identified were JIT (Just in Time), Value Steam Mapping (VSP) and the 5S methods. The results also
suggest that JIT method has a higher impact towards improvement on performance relating to quality,
speed, dependability, flexibility and cost of the supplier. However, the research study also identifies
that one of the major challenges faced by the organisation while adopting lean practices was the lack
of commitment from top management, continuous training and employee engagement measures.
(Source: Pustaka Negeri Sarawak, 05 Aug 2021)
Source Link: https://www.matec-conferences.org/articles/matecconf/pdf/2017/39/matecconf_cscc2017_02003.pdf