Title: Assessment of lean manufacturing practices: an operational perspective

Authors: Masoud Rahiminezhad Galankashi; Syed Ahmad Helmi

Addresses: Department of Material, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Malaysia ' Department of Material, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Malaysia; Center for Engineering Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Abstract: The main goal of this study was to propose a new framework to assess the operational activities of lean manufacturing (LM). Lean-related activities of supply chain drivers are less investigated in previous literature. To fill this gap, the operational activities of logistic (facility, transportation and inventory) and cross-functional (information, sourcing and pricing) drivers of supply chain were proposed in this study. These activities were then ranked using an analytical hierarchy process (AHP). The proposed activities were investigated by the cycle view of supply chain. Finally, the proposed framework was translated to a survey (Appendix) to be used for assessing the leanness of manufacturing companies.

Keywords: supply chain; supply chain strategy; SCS; lean manufacturing; lean supply chain.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2017.086308

International Journal of Services and Operations Management, 2017 Vol.28 No.2, pp.163 - 184

Received: 28 Jan 2016
Accepted: 18 Feb 2016
Published online: 04 Sep 2017 *

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