<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Lean practices are implemented in manufacturing enterprises to find hidden waste and attain continuous improvement. Various enterprises have experienced benefits owing to the Lean implementation. Following the use of appropriate lean instruments and techniques, there are many factors that affect successful lean implementation process. Researchers have identified a large number of these success factors to implementation of Lean. Understanding these enablers and the interactions between them can be crucial to the success of lean implementation. Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) is one of the established methodologies to bring forward the interrelationships among parameters of an issue or a problem. The purpose of this paper is to create the hierarchy of the various success factors to Lean Implementation according to their importance using the approach of ISM to facilitate Small and Medium enterprises (SMEs) across India.</p></abstract>

Lean practices are implemented in manufacturing enterprises to find hidden waste and attain continuous improvement. Various enterprises have experienced benefits owing to the Lean implementation. Following the use of appropriate lean instruments and techniques, there are many factors that affect successful lean implementation process. Researchers have identified a large number of these success factors to implementation of Lean. Understanding these enablers and the interactions between them can be crucial to the success of lean implementation. Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) is one of the established methodologies to bring forward the interrelationships among parameters of an issue or a problem. The purpose of this paper is to create the hierarchy of the various success factors to Lean Implementation according to their importance using the approach of ISM to facilitate Small and Medium enterprises (SMEs) across India.

Interpretive Structural Modeling of Identified Success Factors to Lean Implementation in SMEs

Conference Quality Production Improvement – CQPI

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Lean practices are implemented in manufacturing enterprises to find hidden waste and attain continuous improvement. Various enterprises have experienced...

Interpretive Structural Modeling of Identified Success Factors to Lean Implementation in SMEs

Published Online: Oct 08, 2019

Page range: 69 - 77

Received: Apr 28, 2019

Accepted: May 20, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cqpi-2019-0010

Keywords
Lean implementation, Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM), Critical Success Factors (CSF), Small and Medium enterprises (SMEs)

© 2019 Arvind Kumar Shrimali, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Interpretive Structural Modeling of Identified Success Factors to Lean Implementation in SMEs

Published Online: Oct 08, 2019

Page range: 69 - 77

Received: Apr 28, 2019

Accepted: May 20, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cqpi-2019-0010

KeywordsLean implementation, Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM), Critical Success Factors (CSF), Small and Medium enterprises (SMEs)

© 2019 Arvind Kumar Shrimali, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Lean implementation, Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM), Critical Success Factors (CSF), Small and Medium enterprises (SMEs)