IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/ids/eujine/v4y2010i2p228-248.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

An implementation model for lean programmes

Author

Listed:
  • Satya S. Chakravorty

Abstract

While lean programmes continue to be implemented in many companies, there is a rising concern regarding the failures of these programmes. Many of them fail because we do not know how to implement them. Using the experience with a lean programme in an aircraft maintenance and repair operation, the purpose of the research was to develop an implementation model which consists of six critical decisions or steps. The first step was to perform strategic analysis which was driven by the market or the customer. The second step was to establish a high-level cross-functional team to drive the improvement initiative. The third step was to identify overall improvement tools. The fourth step was to perform a high-level value stream mapping and prioritise improvement opportunities. The fifth step was to develop a detailed plan for low-level improvement teams, and the sixth step was to implement, document, and revise as needed. Further, we provided important implications for both practitioners and academicians of our implementation experience with several directions for future research. [Received 09 January 2009; Revised 23 April 2009; Accepted 05 May 2009]

Suggested Citation

  • Satya S. Chakravorty, 2010. "An implementation model for lean programmes," European Journal of Industrial Engineering, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 4(2), pages 228-248.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:eujine:v:4:y:2010:i:2:p:228-248
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=31079
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Satya S. Chakravorty & Aakash D. Shah, 2012. "Lean Six Sigma (LSS): an implementation experience," European Journal of Industrial Engineering, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 6(1), pages 118-137.
    2. Sorin BRICIU & Dimi OFILEANU, 2015. "Value Stream Mappingin The Romanian Footwear Industry," SEA - Practical Application of Science, Romanian Foundation for Business Intelligence, Editorial Department, issue 7, pages 121-128, April.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ids:eujine:v:4:y:2010:i:2:p:228-248. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sarah Parker (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=210 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.