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Auditing for measuring the extent of lean implementation
S. Vinodh, V. Kamala, M.S. Shama,
Published in IGI Global
2014
Pages: 290 - 303
Abstract
This chapter presents the details of a lean audit conducted among 25 Indian automotive manufacturing organizations. The audit consists of 59 indices grouped among 20 categories. The study consists of development of comprehensive lean audit procedure, gathering input scores, and grouping the organizations into 7 lean phases. The lean audit investigates the lean adoption and derives the appropriate lean phase. The conduct of the lean audit examines leanness level of organizations and the possible improvement proposals for leanness improvement. The conduct of the survey enables organizations to benchmark with similar organizations from a leanness perspective. © 2014, IGI Global. All rights reserved.
About the journal
JournalHandbook of Research on Design and Management of Lean Production Systems
PublisherIGI Global