Balanced adoption of Lean Manufacturing Practices in engineering goods manufacturing firms

European Journal of Social Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 273-279

  Subha, M V ^a   Jaisankar, S ^b  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SRI KRISHNA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Balanced Lean Adoption; Lean Business Principles; Lean Manufacturing Practices; Operational Benefits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856768631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14502267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (18)

1. Akin O (2001), "Thinking of Lean Manufacturing Systems", Industrial Automation Group, Comdisco Inc., Vol.12. No.2, pg. 231-246.
2. Badar Alam Iqbal, (2004), "How to get the competitive edge", the magazine of Lean Manufacturing India, www.beyondlean.com.
3. Bob Montgomery (2007), "How to build demand management plans in a lean environment?", The Journal of Business Forecasting, Pg. 36-37.
4. Brown, Andrew (2000), "Learning to think lean: Delphi lean engineering initiatives", Automotive Design & Production, 112, 5; ABI/INFORM, pg. 76.
5. Chan, K (1993), "World-class manufacturing", Industrial Management & Data Systems, \ 93(Â2): 5.
6. Creese, R.C. (2000), "Cost management in lean manufacturing enterprise" ACE International Transactions, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV.
7. Gary Corner, (2001), Lean Manufacturing for the small shop, Michigan, Society of Manufacturing Engineers.
8. James B. Ayers (2004), "Backbone of the Lean Enterprise" Society of Manufacturing Engineers.
9. Jerry Kilpatrick (2003), Lean Principles, Utah Manufacturing Extension Partnership, www. mep.org.
10. Melton T (2005), "The Benefits of Lean Manufacturing-What Lean Thinking has to offer the Process Industries?", Journal of Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 83(A6): 662-673
11. Menaka S, (2007), "Eliminating waste, adding value", the machinist, pg 26-28.
12. Oke A and Szwejczewski M (2005), The relationship between UK manufacturers' inventory levels and supply, internal and market factors, International Journal of Production Economics 93-94, 151-60.
13. Pannizzolo R (1998), Applying lessons learned from 27 lean manufacturers. The relevance of relationship management, International Journal of Production Economics, 55: 223-240.
14. Peter Strozniak, (2001), "Rising to the Challenge", Industry Week, pg. 30-36.
15. Pius Achanga, Shebab, and Rajkumar Roy (2006), Critical Success Factors for Lean implementation within SMEs, Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, Vol.17 No.4 pg. 460-471.
16. Pullin J (2004), Customers and practice, the magazine of manufacturing excellence, www.imeche.org.uk/mx.
17. Quarterman Lee (2007), "Reducing Wastes, increasing profitability", the machinist, pg 19-25.
18. Womack JP, DT Jones and D Rose, (1990), The Machine that Changed the Word, MacMillan Publishing Company.