Abstract:Research on Lean indicates that its association with performance improvement, although compelling, is not uniformly positive. Prior researchers have posited that plants implementing Lean may become too lean or may only implement selected aspects without fully embracing Lean's synergistic prescriptions. We explore another potential reason for lower-than-expected performance sometimes associated with Lean: supply chain complexity. Using survey data from 209 manufacturing plants in seven countries across three in… Show more
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