Assessment of the Lean Production Effect on the Sustainable Industrial Enterprise Development

Abstract

Abstract. Most of the industrial enterprises, aimed at perfection through continuous improvement of their competitiveness and sustainability, deeply analysing the existing opportunities, focus their attention mainly on efficiency improvement. Taking into account this fact, in the present article more attention is paid to the evolutionary approach for enterprise development and the lean idea. Having in mind the results of analyses concerning the use of lean production as a step to sustainability and the sustainability reporting practices of the leading industrial enterprises, a short set of indicators is offered for assessing the lean production effect on the sustainable industrial enterprise development.

Learning on Lean Production: A Review of Opinion and Research within Environmental Constraints

“…and based on these explanatory feature the reviewed studies are categorized as below: Keitany and Riwo (2014) explored the inventory management through lean tools, and employed the descriptive research design tool for improving the management approach & participation of all employees; Baines et al (2006) studied the application of environmentally & socially sensitive practices to reduce the negative impact of manufacturing activities and harmonizing the pursuit of economic benefits; Taubitz (2010) stated that safety & health are the fundamental to sustainable growth but green-lean can result in improved organizational performance & customer experience; Marvel and Standridge (2009) presented an improved lean process using simulation modelling and experimentation prior to execution; Arlbjørn and Freytag (2013) examined lean in academic literature of 105 international peer-reviewed journals and concluded that only 1/3 of them apply a toolbox view on lean; Castro et al (2012) reviewed the agile and lean manufacturing concepts along with the information & commutation technological solutions, to resolve the issues in manufacturing sector; Dakov and Novkov (2007) concluded that lean principles leads enterprises towards a more sustainable processes & product development; Romvall et al (2010) indicated that lean & green are the favorable options for environmental sustainability within production system in Sweden; and Nordhaus (1995) analyzed the role of climate in economic development, its relationship and the prospects for economic impacts. Improving the environmental performance also leads to reducing costs, increase competitiveness and to be more innovative across the value chain; Maia et al (2013) discussed lean production in textile industry that fosters a sustainable work environment; Chen and Meng (2010) reviewed the course from mass to lean production and issues in Chinese enterprises; Kurdve et al (2014) focussed on integration of environmental and operations management in two global Swedish companies; Moreira et al (2010) presented the role of lean for achieving better environmental performance and an emergent business model for supporting eco-efficiency by literature review; Johansson and Sundin (2014) compared lean product development (LPD) and green product development (GPD) concepts through a systematic literature review including 102 journal publications; Holweg (2007) presented the research that led to the formulation and dissemination of the most influential manufacturing paradigms of recent times; while, Ogunbiyi et al (2013) strained on lean and sustainability reflecting how it impacts on sustainable construction through literature.…”

Integrating sustainable development, lean, and logistics concepts into a lean sustainable logistics model

“…Reducing: Lewis (2000), Reddy et al (2000), Dakov and Novkov (2007), Schwartz et al (2008), Dey et al (2011), Carter and Easton (2011), Zhu et al (2012, Rota et al (2013), Shrivastava et al (2014) and So and Xu (2014) • Investment costs (economic dimension)…”

Sustainability Reporting as a Challenge for Performance Measurement: Literature Review

“…Isaksson [35] indicates that existing economic sustainability performance measurements based on distribution of surplus should be complemented with indicators for internal losses. Dakov and Novkov [21] offer a short set of indicators for assessing the lean production effect on the sustainable industrial enterprise development. Davidson [22] indicates that indicators of sustainability should be derived from an epistemologically consistent conceptual framework.…”