Lean Experience Analysis at a Leading Automotive Manufacturer in Vietnam

Over the last decades, thanks to the increased pressure to reduce cost and to be more responsive to customer demands as well as improving continuously to the value provided to them, the business has been motivated for managing their operation responsibly in regards to the economical, environmental and social aspects as well. In order to fulfill this mission, encouraged companies and researchers have been finding ways to meet customer demands and sustainable requirements. Lean is one of the systematic approaches to achieving higher value for organizations by eliminating non-value-added activities. Through a case study, the research aims is to present the effectiveness of sustainable improvement on economic, social, and environmental improvement from the perspective of Lean practices. The analysis of the day-to-day Lean practices experience in a case study a good experience for enterprises in desiring applies Lean for sustainable development, can be extremely effective at developing management techniques to achieving sustainable improvement.