The role of leadership in implementing lean manufacturing

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dc.contributor.authorAlefari, Mudhafar
dc.contributor.authorSalonitis, Konstantinos
dc.contributor.authorXu, Yuchun
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-29T15:30:31Z
dc.date.available2017-08-29T15:30:31Z
dc.date.issued2017-07-11
dc.description.abstractIt is widely accepted that for the successful implementation of lean manufacturing, the senior management commitment is of great importance. However, the lean journey is usually a long one, and eventually management commitment creeps. Furthermore, the involvement of employees in daily improvements is also critical for the success of implementation. Lean leadership can be considered as a way of sustaining and improving the employee performance in lean production systems. In the present study, a thorough literature review is presented focusing in reviewing the principles of lean leadership and the practices that can lead in improving the employee performance. Furthermore, the characteristics and qualities of lean leader are discussed Paper originally presented at Manufacturing Systems 4.0 – Proceedings of the 50th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems, held 3 – 5 May, 2017, Taichung City, Taiwan.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationAlefari M, Salonitis K, Xu Y, The role of leadership in implementing lean manufacturing, Procedia CIRP, Vol. 63, 2017, pp. 756-761en_UK
dc.identifier.issn2212-8271
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2017.03.169
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/12403
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
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dc.subjectLean manufacturingen_UK
dc.subjectLeadershipen_UK
dc.subjectSurveyen_UK
dc.titleThe role of leadership in implementing lean manufacturingen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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