Title: Exploratory study of adoption of lean management practices in Pakistani textile firms

Authors: M. Khurrum S. Bhutta; Ana L. Rosado-Feger; Faizul Huq; Asif Muzaffar

Addresses: Management Department, College of Business, Ohio University, 401 B Copeland Hall, Athens Ohio, USA ' Management Department, College of Business, Ohio University, 401 B Copeland Hall, Athens Ohio, USA ' Management Department, College of Business, Ohio University, 401 B Copeland Hall, Athens Ohio, USA ' Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Building 5-103, 430074 Wuhan, China

Abstract: For Pakistani firms to remain competitive in the 21st century, they have to embrace and excel in practices that have brought considerable competitive advantages to firms in the developed world. Among these practices world class manufacturing (WCM), Lean management and just-in-time (JIT), just to name a few, have played a considerable role. A systematic approach needs to be devised to assess the level of adoption of these practices. In this piece of research we will limit our observations to Lean management practices. It is the objective of this research to gauge the level of adoption of Lean management practices in the manufacturing sector in Pakistan and more specifically to the textile industry.

Keywords: lean management practices; Pakistan; textile industry; survey; lean thinking.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2013.054446

International Journal of Services and Operations Management, 2013 Vol.15 No.3, pp.338 - 357

Published online: 28 Apr 2014 *

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