Lean practices adoption in the portuguese industry

Purpose: The study purpose was to analyse the excellence and operational efficiency of Portuguese industrial companies through the measurement of lean practices implementation. Additionally, it intended to propose a new model to assess the lean production system. Design/methodology/approach: The res...

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Autores: Martins, Diogo, Fonseca, Luís, Ávila, Paulo, Bastos, João
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/345448
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/345448
https://dx.doi.org/10.3926/jiem.3291
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Lean manufacturing
Industrial management
Industrial efficiency
Lean management
Lean tools
Lean adoption
Portuguese industry
Value
Producció ajustada
Empreses -- Direcció i administració
Eficiència industrial
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Direcció d'operacions
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spelling Lean practices adoption in the portuguese industryMartins, DiogoFonseca, LuísÁvila, PauloBastos, JoãoLean manufacturingIndustrial managementIndustrial efficiencyLean managementLean toolsLean adoptionPortuguese industryValueProducció ajustadaEmpreses -- Direcció i administracióEficiència industrialÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Direcció d'operacionsPurpose: The study purpose was to analyse the excellence and operational efficiency of Portuguese industrial companies through the measurement of lean practices implementation. Additionally, it intended to propose a new model to assess the lean production system. Design/methodology/approach: The research presents an in-depth lean literature review that served as a basis for the creation of a questionnaire. The survey was addressed to Portuguese industrial companies to obtain data about their lean implementation success. Collected data were analysed, resorting descriptive and exploratory statistics. A principal component analysis was applied to reduce the amount of data and define a new model that characterizes the lean practices adoption level. Some Chi-square tests were used to assess the independence of some variables. Findings: The results indicate that a significant percentage of organizations use lean practices within their activity. Concerning the lean implementation maturity, a plus side revealed by the study concerns the adoption of the teamwork, internal information shared principles, increase of process capability to produce conforming products, and reduction in set up times. On the other hand, responsibilities decentralization, more employees acting as team leaders, implementation of employees’ suggestions, and interconnection with suppliers, are some of the principles that need to be given greater attention by the Portuguese industrial organizations. The key contribution consists of a new model for lean determinants based on three dimensions: work method, productive process elements, and work efficiency. Originality/value: The present research provides a new Lean determinants model that allows understanding the importance of the operational efficiency provided by a mature lean production system, being the key to the competitiveness in the global business marketPeer ReviewedOmniaScience20212021-04-0120212021-05-11journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/345448https://dx.doi.org/10.3926/jiem.3291reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/3454482026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Lean practices adoption in the portuguese industry
title Lean practices adoption in the portuguese industry
spellingShingle Lean practices adoption in the portuguese industry
Martins, Diogo
Lean manufacturing
Industrial management
Industrial efficiency
Lean management
Lean tools
Lean adoption
Portuguese industry
Value
Producció ajustada
Empreses -- Direcció i administració
Eficiència industrial
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Direcció d'operacions
title_short Lean practices adoption in the portuguese industry
title_full Lean practices adoption in the portuguese industry
title_fullStr Lean practices adoption in the portuguese industry
title_full_unstemmed Lean practices adoption in the portuguese industry
title_sort Lean practices adoption in the portuguese industry
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Martins, Diogo
Fonseca, Luís
Ávila, Paulo
Bastos, João
author Martins, Diogo
author_facet Martins, Diogo
Fonseca, Luís
Ávila, Paulo
Bastos, João
author_role author
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Ávila, Paulo
Bastos, João
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Lean manufacturing
Industrial management
Industrial efficiency
Lean management
Lean tools
Lean adoption
Portuguese industry
Value
Producció ajustada
Empreses -- Direcció i administració
Eficiència industrial
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Direcció d'operacions
topic Lean manufacturing
Industrial management
Industrial efficiency
Lean management
Lean tools
Lean adoption
Portuguese industry
Value
Producció ajustada
Empreses -- Direcció i administració
Eficiència industrial
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Direcció d'operacions
description Purpose: The study purpose was to analyse the excellence and operational efficiency of Portuguese industrial companies through the measurement of lean practices implementation. Additionally, it intended to propose a new model to assess the lean production system. Design/methodology/approach: The research presents an in-depth lean literature review that served as a basis for the creation of a questionnaire. The survey was addressed to Portuguese industrial companies to obtain data about their lean implementation success. Collected data were analysed, resorting descriptive and exploratory statistics. A principal component analysis was applied to reduce the amount of data and define a new model that characterizes the lean practices adoption level. Some Chi-square tests were used to assess the independence of some variables. Findings: The results indicate that a significant percentage of organizations use lean practices within their activity. Concerning the lean implementation maturity, a plus side revealed by the study concerns the adoption of the teamwork, internal information shared principles, increase of process capability to produce conforming products, and reduction in set up times. On the other hand, responsibilities decentralization, more employees acting as team leaders, implementation of employees’ suggestions, and interconnection with suppliers, are some of the principles that need to be given greater attention by the Portuguese industrial organizations. The key contribution consists of a new model for lean determinants based on three dimensions: work method, productive process elements, and work efficiency. Originality/value: The present research provides a new Lean determinants model that allows understanding the importance of the operational efficiency provided by a mature lean production system, being the key to the competitiveness in the global business market
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