Title: The impact of lean manufacturing practices on firms' sustainable performance of the manufacturing industry sector

Authors: Ismail Droup; Ahmad Jusoh; Abbas Mardani; Khalil Md Nor; Adil Dafa'Alla

Addresses: Azman Hashim International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Johor Bahru, Malaysia ' Azman Hashim International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Johor Bahru, Malaysia ' Azman Hashim International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Johor Bahru, Malaysia ' Azman Hashim International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Johor Bahru, Malaysia ' Airbus Operations Ltd., Pegasus House, Aerospace Avenue, Filton, Bristol, BS34 7PA, UK

Abstract: The long-term production of high value in the industrial sector is crucial to sustainability. Therefore, it is important to better understand how businesses will enhance the production of sustainable wealth. Recently, lean methods have been implemented in production systems in order to improve better efficiency. However, we must regularly assess the effect of these lean activities on the stable quality of the manufacturing sector. In order to achieve this, we undertook an extensive review to chart work on the partnership between lean and sustainable production sector results. Researchers examined this partnership from different perspectives and have taken a clear look at whether lean development methods are beneficial or detrimental to the competitive sustainable output of businesses. Most authors often claim that the interactions were contingent-based. This study suggests a new viewpoint on how to assess sustainable quality in a competitive manner across lean manufacturing practices and companies. It is appropriate that this partnership relies on the handling of lean paradoxical conflicts among manufacturing companies.

Keywords: lean practices; hard lean practices; soft lean practices; sustainable performance; economic performance; social performance.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPSPM.2022.126234

International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management, 2022 Vol.10 No.2/3, pp.283 - 301

Received: 13 Jun 2019
Accepted: 04 Feb 2020
Published online: 18 Oct 2022 *

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