Is Lean Production Really Lean?: The Design of a Lean Production System

Joachim Reese

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-78063-9_4

Is Lean Production Really Lean? The Design of a Lean Production System

Joachim Reese

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Abstract

It is often argued that the success of Japanese manufacturing is due to the basic requirements of lean production with a minimum of fixed costs as concerns the production inputs. E.g. there should be a minimum of investment in machine capacity, that means the minimum of unproductive set-up and idle times, no buffers for materials or finished products and personnel that is universally trained and able to do teamwork. Or, in other words, the general idea of lean production is to have less of everything compared with mass production (WOMACK, JONES and ROOS, 1990, p. 13). The concept has been developed in the TOYOTA motor company, where it gained excellent results during the last decades. Therefore, it is first of all discussed for application in the automobile industry.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Operations Research in Production Planning and Control : proceedings of a joint German/US conference, Hagen, Germany, June 25 - 26, 1992
Editors	Günter Fandel, Thomas Gulledge, Albert Jones
Number of pages	22
Place of Publication	Berlin et. al.
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Publication date	1993
Edition	1
Pages	49-70
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-78063-9, 3-540-56444-6, 0-387-56444-6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-642-78063-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78063-9_4
Publication status	Published - 1993

Research areas and keywords

Management studies
Supply Chain
Profit Sharing
Demand Situation
Lean Production
Machine Capacity

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Is Lean Production Really Lean? The Design of a Lean Production System. / Reese, Joachim.
Operations Research in Production Planning and Control: proceedings of a joint German/US conference, Hagen, Germany, June 25 - 26, 1992. ed. / Günter Fandel; Thomas Gulledge; Albert Jones. 1. ed. Berlin et. al.: Springer Verlag, 1993. p. 49-70.

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