Abstract
Purpose: This study aims to comparatively discuss the effect of lean manufacturing (LM) implementation in the manufacturing sectors of developing and developed countries. Design/methodology/approach: An in-depth literature review focused on previous research published between 2015 and March 2020. The papers published by the databases such as Google Scholar, Scopus, ProQuest and Web of Science were used in the study. A total of 63 studies that focused on LM application in manufacturing industries in developing and developed countries were used in the research. Findings: It was observed that LM improves operational performance for manufacturing organizations in developing and developed countries. Small and medium-sized enterprises in both developed and developing countries have difficulties transforming their organizations into lean organizations compared to large enterprises. Furthermore, the review also found that there seems to have been no paper had reported the negative impact of implementing LM in manufacturing industries in developing and developed countries from 2015 to March 2020. Research limitations/implications: The study used research papers written between January 2015 and March 2020 and only considered manufacturing organizations from developed and developing nations. Practical implications: The study provides more insight into LM implementation in developing and developed countries. It gives the LM practices and the implications of applying these practices in manufacturing organizations for developing and developed countries. Originality/value: A preliminary review of papers indicated that this seems to be the first paper that comparatively studies how LM implementation has affected manufacturing organizations in developed and developing countries. The study also assessed the LM practices commonly used by the manufacturing industries in developing and developed countries.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 521-556 |
| Number of pages | 36 |
| Journal | International Journal of Lean Six Sigma |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 16 2022 |
Bibliographical note
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Funding
SMEs in both the developed and developing countries have difficulties transforming their organizations to lean (). The major drawbacks for SMEs in the developing world were lack of funding, technical know-how, tendency to go back to the old ways, employee resistance and management support (; ). SMEs in the developed countries cited the implementation of fewer LM tools (); a lack of resources (). SMEs apply LM to become competitive and match their standards with large enterprises (LE) (). Globally, most SMEs lack the resources needed for training employees and acquiring resources needed during the implementation of LM (; ). This finding is also supported by research published before 2015 (; ). Large firms in developing countries are more likely to implement LM successfully than SMEs (; ). also corroborated a higher rate of adoption of LM in the developed world because of many large scale enterprises compared to the developing countries. Although most researchers cite that LE are more likely to implement LM than SMEs, stated that LEs also lacks finances to use during LM implementation.
Keywords
- Developed countries
- Developing countries
- Lean manufacturing
- Manufacturing organizations
- Operational performance
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Management Science and Operations Research
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