Lean Manufacturing Practices: Emerging Issues

Abstract

Lean Manufacturing uses less of everything and attains its set objectives by excellent teamwork, communication, and competent use of available resources & continuous Improvement. The present paper is an attempt to study employee's perception towards lean manufacturing systems in gear industry. Many companies who implement Lean do not adequately take advantage of the improvements. Highly successful companies will learn how to market these new benefits and turn them into increased market share. Lean techniques are applicable not only in manufacturing, but also in serviceoriented industry and service environment. The present paper aims to study emerging issues in relation to the lean manufacturing practices in organizations.