Adoption of Lean Management Principles in Small, Medium-Sized and Large Manufacturing Enterprises

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.12776/qip.v29i3.2198" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.12776/qip.v29i3.2198</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.12776/qip.v29i3.2198" target="_blank" >10.12776/qip.v29i3.2198</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Adoption of Lean Management Principles in Small, Medium-Sized and Large Manufacturing Enterprises

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Purpose: The paper aims to determine the adoption of lean management principles in the manufacturing industry, focusing on SMEs and analysing whether there are differences between enterprises according to their size.Methodology/Approach: The research was carried out using a questionnaire survey using objective sampling among managers of 433 manufacturing enterprises in the Czech Republic. Respondents rated the application of 26 lean management principles on a qualitative scale.Findings: The results show that the principles most commonly applied are respect for employees, customer orientation, personal responsibility, and safety procedures. Adopting lean principles is significant, depending on the size of the enterprise. Large enterprises have an advantage in systematically applying complex principles, such as standardisation and visualisation. Medium and small enterprises focus more on universal principles such as respect for employees’Research Limitation/Implication: These results point to the need for a differentiated approach in implementing lean principles depending on the size of the enterprise. For lean management in SMEs, it is necessary to overcome their barriers and deal with challenges, from financial constraints to cultural resistance.Originality/Value of paper: The paper highlights the structural barriers of small and medium-sized enterprises in implementing complex lean principles. It contributes to the ongoing debate on why lean implementation in SMEs differs and why more demanding systems or advanced automation often fail.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Adoption of Lean Management Principles in Small, Medium-Sized and Large Manufacturing Enterprises

Popis výsledku anglicky

Purpose: The paper aims to determine the adoption of lean management principles in the manufacturing industry, focusing on SMEs and analysing whether there are differences between enterprises according to their size.Methodology/Approach: The research was carried out using a questionnaire survey using objective sampling among managers of 433 manufacturing enterprises in the Czech Republic. Respondents rated the application of 26 lean management principles on a qualitative scale.Findings: The results show that the principles most commonly applied are respect for employees, customer orientation, personal responsibility, and safety procedures. Adopting lean principles is significant, depending on the size of the enterprise. Large enterprises have an advantage in systematically applying complex principles, such as standardisation and visualisation. Medium and small enterprises focus more on universal principles such as respect for employees’Research Limitation/Implication: These results point to the need for a differentiated approach in implementing lean principles depending on the size of the enterprise. For lean management in SMEs, it is necessary to overcome their barriers and deal with challenges, from financial constraints to cultural resistance.Originality/Value of paper: The paper highlights the structural barriers of small and medium-sized enterprises in implementing complex lean principles. It contributes to the ongoing debate on why lean implementation in SMEs differs and why more demanding systems or advanced automation often fail.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50204 - Business and management

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Quality Innovation Prosperity

ISSN

1335-1745

e-ISSN

1338-984X

Svazek periodika

29

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

SK - Slovenská republika

Počet stran výsledku

17

Strana od-do

1-17

Kód UT WoS článku

001630786700001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105025249532