Background The steel industry in South Africa suffered significantly when imported steel took
over the market and collapsed big players in the industry in the last decade. The industry …

Abstract [eng] Lean is a business philosophy that focuses on wasting and creating value for
the consumer, Lean is one of the most popular management systems. Organizational culture …

In recent times, the aviation industry has needed continuous improvement to raise
customers' satisfaction levels and Lean philosophy is one of the managerial procedures that …

The interpretation of'lean production'has been slowly shifting from technical to socio-
technical aspects since its appearance. This is well illustrated by the growing number of …

Healthcare is characterized by numerous operational failures, hindering employees and
potentially even decreasing both productivity and quality of care. At the same time, it is …

A termelésmenedzsment (operations management, OM) és az emberierőforrás-
menedzsment (human resource management, HRM, EEM) kutatói is felismerték, hogy a …

The choice for this research topic was not a spur of the moment. During my third year in
university, I became aware of the Lean culture in the course “Productiebeleid” taught by em …

The phrase “lean production”(LP) was created by Krafcik in 1986 (Krafcik, 1986) and
became widely known and recognized thanks to the success of the book The Machine that …