scholarly journals Implementing Lean Practices: Managing the Transformation Risks

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antony Pearce ◽  
Dirk Pons
Keyword(s):  
Process Improvement ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Strategic Decision Making ◽  
Contextual Knowledge ◽  
Transformational Process ◽  
Lean Practices ◽  
Lean Transformation ◽  
Lean Tools ◽  
The Many ◽  
Lean Methods

Insightful implementation of lean is necessary for high-value manufacturing and is complementary to strategic decision making regarding manufacture. However lean can be difficult to implement in specific organisations. One of the difficulties is deciding which of the many lean tools to apply and when to apply them. A complicating factor is change management. Lean implementation is a transformational process and needs to support organisational development alongside process improvement. We develop a method based on risk management to identify which lean tools are most appropriate for a specific organisational setting. This permits the situational and contingency variables to be accommodated in the lean transformation. The method is demonstrated by application to a small manufacturing organisation with a high-variety low-volume business model. Thus it is possible, given contextual knowledge of the organisation, to predict which lean methods are most important in the situation. This enables the prioritisation of organisational effort towards lean methods that are relevant to the organisation at that particular time in its development.

scholarly journals Exploring the Application of Lean Best Practices in Remanufacturing: Empirical Insights into the Benefits and Barriers

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
Elzbieta Pawlik ◽  
Winifred Ijomah ◽  
Jonathan Corney ◽  
Daryl Powell
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Process Improvement ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Lean Thinking ◽  
Commercial Viability ◽  
Lean Practices ◽  
Holistic Understanding ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Multiple Case Studies ◽  
Lean Methods

Remanufacturing processes have been widely identified as being important elements of a sustainable economy. However, the commercial viability of this product recovery route is significantly influenced by several operational challenges that are different from those that occur in conventional manufacturing. One of the most widely used systematic process improvement methods in conventional manufacturing is lean production, which seeks to minimize all forms of waste throughout an operation. As the academic study of lean best practices in remanufacturing processes is relatively new, there is a lack of knowledge regarding implementation and impact. As such, this paper presents multiple case studies investigating the application of lean methods in industrial remanufacturing operations. These studies focus on the automotive industry, where both conventional and remanufacturing operations have been the leading adopters of lean thinking and practice. The results of the investigation identify specific lean methods that help manage the inherent complexity of the remanufacturing processes, and consequently improve the overall productivity of the process. Similarly, factors that limit the application of lean practices within remanufacturing are also identified and discussed. Matrices for opportunities and threats are developed to enable the simple adoption of these findings. Overall, the research provides a more holistic understanding of the application of lean within a remanufacturing environment, with benefits for both academia and industry.

scholarly journals HR Managers’ Emotions in Strategic Decision-Making Events: Evidence from Croatia

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 845
Author(s):  
Marli Gonan Božac ◽  
Katarina Kostelić
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Strategic Decision Making ◽  
Personal Perspective ◽  
Human Resource Managers ◽  
Organizational Perspective ◽  
Hr Managers ◽  
Experienced Emotion

The inclusion of emotions in the strategic decision-making research is long overdue. This paper deals with the emotions that human resource managers experience when they participate in a strategic problem-solving event or a strategic planning event. We examine the patterns in the intensity of experienced emotions with regard to event appraisal (from a personal perspective and the organization’s perspective), job satisfaction, and coexistence of emotions. The results reveal that enthusiasm is the most intensely experienced emotion for positively appraised strategic decision-making events, while frustration is the most intensely experienced emotion for negatively appraised problem-solving events, as is disappointment for strategic planning. The distinction between a personal and organizational perspective of the event appraisal reveals differences in experienced emotions, and the intensity of experienced anger is the best indicator of the difference in the event appraisals from the personal and organizational perspective. Both events reveal the variety of involved emotions and the coexistence of—not just various emotions, but also emotions of different dominant valence. The findings indicate that a strategic problem-solving event triggers greater emotional turmoil than a strategic planning event. The paper also discusses theoretical and practical implications.

scholarly journals Analysis of Customers’ Reactions to E-Commerce Companies Using Instagram Data

Proceedings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Ekin Akkol
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Customer Relations ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Strategic Decision Making ◽  
Stock Management ◽  
Decision Making Processes

The aim of this study is to develop a web application that supports decision-making processes on subjects—such as customer relations management, marketing, and stock management—with data such as posts, comments, and likes from Instagram to four e-commerce companies. In this context, the data obtained from the Instagram accounts of e-commerce companies were recorded in a database after the pre-processing and classification stages. A web application has been developed that can support managers in their decision-making processes at operational, tactical, and strategic decision-making levels by visualizing the data recorded in the database.

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