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Leanness assessment in automotive industry: Case study approach

The main objective of this study is to develop a framework to assess the leanness of companies in the automotive industry. Although lean manufacturing (LM) has been discussed in previous studies, leanness assessment is less investigated. Therefore, to fill this gap, this study is conducted to assess...

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Main Authors: Galankashi, Masoud Rahiminezhad, Helmi, Syed Ahmad, Muhammad Hisjam, Muhammad Hisjam, Abdul Rahim, Abd. Rahman
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Language:English
Published: Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. 2018
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TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/85178/1/SyedAhmadHelmi2018_LeannessAssessmentinAutomotiveIndustry.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/85178/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJVCM.2018.091110
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spelling my.utm.851782020-03-04T01:31:12Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/85178/ Leanness assessment in automotive industry: Case study approach Galankashi, Masoud Rahiminezhad Helmi, Syed Ahmad Muhammad Hisjam, Muhammad Hisjam Abdul Rahim, Abd. Rahman TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery The main objective of this study is to develop a framework to assess the leanness of companies in the automotive industry. Although lean manufacturing (LM) has been discussed in previous studies, leanness assessment is less investigated. Therefore, to fill this gap, this study is conducted to assess the leanness of three manufacturing companies with regard to different supply chain drivers. Principally, six drivers of facility, inventory, transportation, sourcing, pricing and information are selected as the major components of supply chains. The lean-related activities of each driver are identified and a benchmarked questionnaire is applied to assess the leanness of companies. Next, different leanness of each driver is calculated accordingly. An overall quantity of leanness is also provided for each company. Finally, some managerial insights and future research directions are recommended. According to the results, second case study has the highest degree of leanness in comparison to other two companies. In addition, this company has the best performance with regard to each supply chain driver. Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/85178/1/SyedAhmadHelmi2018_LeannessAssessmentinAutomotiveIndustry.pdf Galankashi, Masoud Rahiminezhad and Helmi, Syed Ahmad and Muhammad Hisjam, Muhammad Hisjam and Abdul Rahim, Abd. Rahman (2018) Leanness assessment in automotive industry: Case study approach. International Journal of Value Chain Management, 9 (1). pp. 70-88. ISSN 1741-5357 http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJVCM.2018.091110
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topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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Galankashi, Masoud Rahiminezhad
Helmi, Syed Ahmad
Muhammad Hisjam, Muhammad Hisjam
Abdul Rahim, Abd. Rahman
Leanness assessment in automotive industry: Case study approach
description The main objective of this study is to develop a framework to assess the leanness of companies in the automotive industry. Although lean manufacturing (LM) has been discussed in previous studies, leanness assessment is less investigated. Therefore, to fill this gap, this study is conducted to assess the leanness of three manufacturing companies with regard to different supply chain drivers. Principally, six drivers of facility, inventory, transportation, sourcing, pricing and information are selected as the major components of supply chains. The lean-related activities of each driver are identified and a benchmarked questionnaire is applied to assess the leanness of companies. Next, different leanness of each driver is calculated accordingly. An overall quantity of leanness is also provided for each company. Finally, some managerial insights and future research directions are recommended. According to the results, second case study has the highest degree of leanness in comparison to other two companies. In addition, this company has the best performance with regard to each supply chain driver.
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author Galankashi, Masoud Rahiminezhad
Helmi, Syed Ahmad
Muhammad Hisjam, Muhammad Hisjam
Abdul Rahim, Abd. Rahman
author_facet Galankashi, Masoud Rahiminezhad
Helmi, Syed Ahmad
Muhammad Hisjam, Muhammad Hisjam
Abdul Rahim, Abd. Rahman
author_sort Galankashi, Masoud Rahiminezhad
title Leanness assessment in automotive industry: Case study approach
title_short Leanness assessment in automotive industry: Case study approach
title_full Leanness assessment in automotive industry: Case study approach
title_fullStr Leanness assessment in automotive industry: Case study approach
title_full_unstemmed Leanness assessment in automotive industry: Case study approach
title_sort leanness assessment in automotive industry: case study approach
publisher Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
publishDate 2018
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/85178/1/SyedAhmadHelmi2018_LeannessAssessmentinAutomotiveIndustry.pdf
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