The impact of lean practices on the operational performance of SMEs in India

Yadav, Vinod, Jain, Rakesh, Mittal, Murari Lal, Panwar, Avinash and Lyons, Andrew ORCID: 0000-0003-3105-1567 (2019) The impact of lean practices on the operational performance of SMEs in India. INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT & DATA SYSTEMS, 119 (2). pp. 317-330.

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Abstract

<jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Purpose</jats:title><jats:p>Although lean thinking is deemed to be a gold standard of modern production management, a lot of scepticism still remains regarding its applicability in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The purpose of this paper is to understand the perception of lean in SMEs and establish the relationship between lean adoption and operational performance.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Design/methodology/approach</jats:title><jats:p>With the help of a survey, data were collected from 425 SMEs in India and analyzed using structural equation modeling.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Findings</jats:title><jats:p>Operational performance of the firms was found to be positively related to lean implementation.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Originality/value</jats:title><jats:p>This study also furnishes practitioners with a better understanding of lean thinking in SMEs and its impact on performance.</jats:p></jats:sec>

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Lean manufacturing, Lean thinking, Small- and medium-sized enterprises, Operational performance
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	19 Oct 2018 10:22
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 01:15
DOI:	10.1108/IMDS-02-2018-0088
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3026951