Adapting a Lean Production Program to National Institutions in Latin America: Danone in Argentina and Brazil

Friel, Daniel; Villechenon, Florence Pinot de

doi:10.1016/j.intman.2018.03.001

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“…Friel and Pinot de Villechenon (2018) compared lean practices in the case of a multinational food company that has branches in Argentina and Brazil. In each case, lean practices were adopted in different ways owing to different circumstances.…”

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“…This means that on the Argentinian side lean was not successful on implementing lean pillars since workers did have enough power to demand better conditions and delay the lean approach implementation (Friel and Pinot de Villechenon, 2018). In Brazil, on the other hand, workers felt that they did not have enough power to demand better working conditions, therefore preventing high unemployment rates among their colleagues and as a consequence the multinational company cannot preserve the original organizational structure and waive the plan of creating and empowering teams.…”

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The key success factors to adopting lean practices: the case of South American manufacturing firms

Ferrer

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Santa

2022

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify the factors that promote the successful adoption of lean practices in manufacturing firms operating in developing economies in South America.Design/methodology/approachBased on the results obtained from using structural equation modeling to analyze the collected data, the authors argue that manufacturing organizations need to identify the factors that assist in successfully adopting lean practices in manufacturing firms operating in developing economies in South America. A dataset of 1,809 responses, gathered from manufacturing firms as part of the World Management Survey, was used to find support for the proposed hypotheses.FindingsSeveral hypotheses were tested finding that lean practice success factors such as organizational targets proved to have a significant and positive relationship with the mediating factor, performance management. Likewise, performance management was also found to have a significant and positive relationship with lean practices adoption. Human capital management (HCM) has a significant but negative predictive relationship with lean practices.Research limitations/implicationsThe empirical results of this study provide valuable managerial insights. The results are therefore limited to the economies analyzed and to the variables surveyed as part of the World Manufacturing Survey research.Practical implicationsThe results of this research provide a starting point for researchers to continue studying the key lean practice factors and relationships in the achievement of improved performance management, thereby helping managers in developing strategies to improve the lean capabilities of their practices. This, in turn, will increase the organization's competitive advantage sustainably.Originality/valueThis paper identifies and tests the impact of key factors on successful lean practices adoption in South American organizations in the manufacturing sector.

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The key success factors to adopting lean practices: the case of South American manufacturing firms

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2022

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“…Themes Future research proposals of LM Extent of Lean use/ implementation Determine the extent to which Lean is in use in each country (Moyano-Fuentes and Sacristan-Diaz, 2012); the status of Lean implementation among European countries (Dora et al, 2013); Lean maturity in several countries (Marodin et al, 2016); the relative importance of individual improvement routines at various degrees of Lean implementation in different countries (Knol et al, 2019); whether the original TPS is implementable as a whole in the traditional European manufacturing context (Chiarini and Brunetti, 2019); the maturity level of Lean practices: Strategic planning, quality at source, processes and tools, problem-solving, people, supplier integration, continuous improvement, customer focus in Brazilian states (Bento amd Tontini, 2019) Factors influencing Lean Study the key determinants (Trigger factors, success factors, control factors) of Lean in geographical contexts other than Spain (Martinez-Jurado and Moyano-Fuentes, 2014); the contribution of external factors such as socioeconomic, political (like government regulation related to public safety) and environmental factors to successful Lean (Panwar et al, 2015a, b); the workplace factors affecting Lean performance in a country (Vlachos and Siachou, 2018); the critical success factors in LM in different countries (Knol et al, 2018), how firms work within national Institutions during their LM journey (Friela and Villechenon, 2018); the dynamic fit between LM and the adopting organisation and how this fit is influenced by technical, cultural, and political factors (Antony et al, 2021), the influence of process innovation on Lean in certain regions (Moldner et al, 2020), factors such as government policies, cultural differences and organisational structure of several countries (including those countries with a large population) that affect the relationship amongst enablers of LM (Prasad et al, 2021), the impact of policy, funding and legislation on Lean and sustainability oriented innovation, in different regions and economies…”

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Country-related future research agenda of Lean Manufacturing–A systematic literature review

Psomas

2021

BIJ

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PurposeMany future research proposals of Lean Manufacturing (LM) are presented in the literature. The purpose of this paper is to determine these future research proposals of LM which are country-related and classify them.Design/methodology/approachA systematic literature review (SLR) of peer-reviewed journal articles in LM was conducted. A total of 145 articles published in 34 journals during 2010–2020 were collected from four major management science publishers namely, Emerald Online, Elsevier/Science Direct, Springer Link and Taylor and Francis. The country-related future research proposals of LM identified in the literature were classified according to, firstly, the continent of the country of reference, and secondly, some form of natural affinity of these proposals creating meaningful themes. The quality tool “affinity diagram” was applied to classify the country-related future research proposals of LM.FindingsThe country-related future research proposals of LM, which are increasing in the literature over time, refer mostly to studies to be conducted in several continents/countries and to multinational studies. Conducting studies specifically in Asia, Europe, South and North America, Africa and Australia–New Zealand is also suggested. The plethora of the country-related future research proposals of LM were classified, based on the affinity of their content, into 18 meaningful themes. These themes were also classified based on their affinity into two broad categories, namely “themes concerning the LM approach itself” and “themes concerning factors outside the LM approach”.Research limitations/implicationsThe restricted number of the databases searched and the subjectivity of classifying the large number of the country-related future research proposals into themes are the main limitations of the present SLR. Based on these limitations, future literature review studies can be carried out.Practical implicationsUseful proposals are provided to researchers of several countries for conducting original and country-specific research studies which can enrich the knowledge of the implementation of LM under the specific circumstances of a country for the benefit of practitioners.Originality/valueThis study goes beyond previous literature review studies on LM by focusing exclusively on the LM future research agenda which is country related. The analytical presentation of the country-related future research proposals as well as the formulation of clusters of these proposals make the present SLR study substantially different from those carried out worldwide so far.

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“…To code the material, we defined a procedure based on Haapanen and Tapio (2016) and Friel and Pinot de Villechenon (2018). We evaluated if sentences presented problems to implement a card-based system that were related to soft factors influence.…”

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Critical soft factors for card-based production systems implementation: A multi-method study

Bagni

Filho

Tortorella

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BJO&PM

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Goal: Although card-based systems are a mature topic in literature, studies have focused mainly on how to optimize parameter of each system. The influential of human factors in the implementation of those systems have rarely been evaluated. Therefore, this study aims to understand what are the critical soft factors for a successful card-based systems implementation.Design / Methodology / Approach: A multi-method study is used in this research, combining systematic literature review, longitudinal case study, content analysis, interviews with experts and validations with two different groups. Results:The paper proposes a list of 15 soft factors critical to a successful implementation of cardbased systems categorized in a "house framework" according to the level of analysis each factor is included. Limitations of the investigation:A single case study, although longitudinal, was conducted to proposed the list of factors. Therefore, further studies should be conducted to adapt the list to other organizations and contexts. Practical implications:Following the proposed list of factors, managers can increase the success in implementing a card-based system in their organizations.Originality / Value: This study combines different research methods in a unique way, since in the researchers' view, an individual method was not sufficient to answer the proposed research question. Moreover, the case study reported a failure implementation of a card-based system, a rare addition to literature which mainly presented success cases.

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Adapting a Lean Production Program to National Institutions in Latin America: Danone in Argentina and Brazil

Cited by 13 publications

References 39 publications

The key success factors to adopting lean practices: the case of South American manufacturing firms

The key success factors to adopting lean practices: the case of South American manufacturing firms

Country-related future research agenda of Lean Manufacturing–A systematic literature review

Critical soft factors for card-based production systems implementation: A multi-method study

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