Implementing lean production systems: Barriers to change

Management Research News

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-49

  Sim, Khim L ^a   Rogers, John W ^b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Change management; Continuous improvement; Employment protection; Lean production; Operations and production management; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349332919     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170910922014     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Ahire, A.L. and O'shaughnessy, K.C. (1998), The role of top management commitment in quality management: an empirical analysis of the auto parts industry, International Journal of Quality Science, Vol. 3, No.1, pp. 5-37.
2. Antony, J., Leung, K., Knowles, G. and Gosh, S. (2002), Critical success factors of TQM implementation in Hong Kong industries, International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, Vol. 19, No.5, pp. 551-66.
3. Arnheiter, E.D. and Maleyeff, J. (2005), Research and concepts: the integration of lean management and six sigma, The TQM Magazine, Vol. 17, pp. 5-17.
4. Bayraktar, E., Jothishankar, M.C., Tatoglu, E. and Wu, T. (2007), Evolution of operations management: past, present and future, Management Research News, Vol. 30, No.11, pp. 843-71.
5. Brah, S.A., Wong, J.L. and Rao, B.M. (2000), TQM and business performance in the service sector: a Singapore study, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 20, No.11, pp. 1293-312.
6. Crosby, P.B. (1979), Quality is Free: The Art of Making Quality Certain, McGraw-Hill, New York.
7. Dean, J.W. and Bowen, D.E. (1994), Management theory and total quality: improving research and practice through theory development, Academy of Management Review, Vol. 19, No.3, pp. 392-418.
8. Deming, W.E. (1986), Quality, Productivity, and Competitive Position, MIT, Center for Advanced Engineering Study, MA.
9. Emiliani, B.L. (2003), Better Thinking, Better Results: Using the Power of Lean as a Total Business Solution, CLBM, LLC, Kensington.
10. Escrig-Tena, A.B. (2004), TQM as a competitive factor - a theoretical and empirical analysis, The International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, Vol. 21, No.6, pp. 612-37.
11. Hammond, L.A. (2005), Genearl motors legacy costs, available at.
12. Litton, S. (2001), Total quality management-concept articulation, available at.
13. Monden, Y. (1983), The Toyota Production System, Productivity Press, Portland.
14. Parks, C.M. (2003), The bare necessities of lean, August, Industrial Engineer, pp. 39-42.
15. Powell, T.C. (1995), Total quality management as competitive advantage: a review and empirical study, Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 16, pp. 15-37.
16. Ramarapu, N.K., Mehra, S. and Frolick, M.N. (1995), A comparative analysis and review of JIT 'implementation' research, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 15, No.1, pp. 38-49.
17. Samat, N., Ramayah, T. and Saad, N. (2006), TQM practices, service quality, and market orientation; some empirical evidence from a developing country, Management Research News, Vol. 29, No.11, pp. 713-28.
18. Steward, T.A. and O'Brien, L. (2005), Transforming an industrial giant, Harvard Business Review, Vol. 83, No.2, p. 114.
19. Womack, J. and Jones, D.T. (1994), From lean production to the lean enterprise, Harvard Business Review, Vol. 72, No.2, pp. 93-104.
20. Womack, J., Jones, D.T. and Roos, D. (1990), The Machine that Changed the World, Rawson Associates, New York.