Degree of leanness and managerial commitment in an aerospace company

Abstract

Lean manufacturing is a popular concept practiced in most Japanese and western company to increase their competitiveness. However, only few of them succeed to get good result. To achieve success in implementation of lean manufacturing, company has to make changes. Managerial commitment is important in this investment. Thus, the objective of this paper is to determine the degree of leanness and managerial commitment in companies. All the information of lean manufacturing practice and role of management * . A study was conducted in an aerospace manufacturer in Malaysia. A five-point scale questionnaire has been selected to be the study instrument. These questionnaires were distributed to 45 employees work in kitting department and 8 top management people. The results indicate that the degree of leanness and managerial commitment of the company were moderate.

A Reviewof Leanapplication in Manufacturing Environment: Definitions and Terminologies

“…While JIT is simply defined as getting the right quantity of goods at the right place and at the right time, Lean System was perceived as JIT philosophy with a broader view that encompassed the entire organisation. This view was also in-line with numerous previous studies from abroad and local context such as Karlsson and Åhlström (1996), Soriano-Meier and Forrester (2002), Shah and Ward (2003), Puvanasvaran et al (2008), Agus and Iteng (2013), and Che Mamat, Md Deros, Ab Rahman, and Ahmad Jami (2014). These studies had defined and analysed JIT as one of the elements in Lean System.…”

“…Moreover, out of ten definitions compilation, only one definition was proposed by local (Malaysian) authors (Abdul Wahab et al, 2017). Although, there were also other local authors had used the term "Lean Production" in their study, they did not offer their own definition to operationalized this strategy (Anvari et al, 2011;Che Mamat et al, 2015;Iteng, Abdul Rahim, & Ahmad, 2017;Puvanasvaran et al, 2008). Therefore, this review supports Abdul Wahab et al (2017) qualitative finding that claimed "Lean Production" term was more popular among American scholars and practitioners.…”

“…Apparently, various terms used to refer lean application in manufacturing environment in the literatures remained a problem for researchers and practitioners to properly understand lean and by extension to successfully implement it (Abdul Wahab, Mukhtar, & Sulaiman, 2017;Gurumurthy & Kodali, 2009;Islam, Sorooshian, Rahamaddulla, & Mustafa, 2018;Mirdad & Eseonu, 2015). In fact, many literatures simply used these terms (especially LP or LM) interchangeably without in-depth explanation on why these terms were regarded the same (Anvari, Ismail, & Hojjati, 2011;Bandehnezhad, Zailani, & Fernando, 2012;Che Mamat, Md Deros, Ab Rahman, Omar, & Abdullah, 2015;Muslimen, Mohd Yusof, & Zainal Abidin, 2011;Puvanasvaran et al, 2008;Shah & Ward, 2003). Therefore, this article aimed to make detailed comparisons between these terms in the hope of providing scholars and practitioners with clear insights regarding lean application in manufacturing environment.…”

Lean principles adoption in environmental management system (EMS) - ISO 14001

“…Employees must be fully aware of the course of their actions and their environmental impact. Another important factor for deriving the system successfully was the employee problem solving capability (Puvanasvaran, Megat, Tang, Muhamad & Hamouda, 2008). Top management commitments play a very important role and have a strong relationship with problem solving capability (Puvanasvaran, 2009).…”

Leanness Achievement through People Development System in Implementing Lean Process Management

“…The main findings show that the kitting department is improving in past one year. Initial result of the kitting department was in moderate level to become lean [30] but end of year results show that they had nearly meet the high level of lean. It is mainly due to putting efforts into the nine principles especially Continuous Improvement.…”