Degree of leanness and managerial commitment in an aerospace company

Lean manufacturing is a popular concept practiced in most Japanese and western company to increase their competitiveness. However, only few of them succeed to get good result. To achieve success in implementation of lean manufacturing, company has to make changes. Managerial commitment is important...

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Main Authors: A. Perumal, Puvanasvaran, Tan, B. H., Megat Ahmad, Megat Mohamad Hamdan, Tang, Sai Hong, Muhamad, Mohd Razali, Hamouda, Abdel Magid Salem
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Language:English
Published: Taru Publications 2008
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13884/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13884/1/Degree%20of%20leanness%20and%20managerial%20commitment%20in%20an%20aerospace%20company.pdf
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author A. Perumal, Puvanasvaran
Tan, B. H.
Megat Ahmad, Megat Mohamad Hamdan
Tang, Sai Hong
Muhamad, Mohd Razali
Hamouda, Abdel Magid Salem
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Tan, B. H.
Megat Ahmad, Megat Mohamad Hamdan
Tang, Sai Hong
Muhamad, Mohd Razali
Hamouda, Abdel Magid Salem
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description Lean manufacturing is a popular concept practiced in most Japanese and western company to increase their competitiveness. However, only few of them succeed to get good result. To achieve success in implementation of lean manufacturing, company has to make changes. Managerial commitment is important in this investment. Thus, the objective of this paper is to determine the degree of leanness and managerial commitment in companies. All the information of lean manufacturing practice and role of management in the implementation were compiled from related journal, book and website. Basically, this paper refers to three published journal papers by Karlsson et al. (1996), Boyer (1996), and Soriano-Meier et al. (2002). A study was conducted in an aerospace manufacturer in Malaysia. A five-point scale questionnaire has been selected to be the study instrument. These questionnaires were distributed to 45 employees work in kitting department and 8 top management people. The results indicate that the degree of leanness and managerial commitment of the company were moderate.
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spelling upm-138842018-08-14T08:51:35Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13884/ Degree of leanness and managerial commitment in an aerospace company A. Perumal, Puvanasvaran Tan, B. H. Megat Ahmad, Megat Mohamad Hamdan Tang, Sai Hong Muhamad, Mohd Razali Hamouda, Abdel Magid Salem Lean manufacturing is a popular concept practiced in most Japanese and western company to increase their competitiveness. However, only few of them succeed to get good result. To achieve success in implementation of lean manufacturing, company has to make changes. Managerial commitment is important in this investment. Thus, the objective of this paper is to determine the degree of leanness and managerial commitment in companies. All the information of lean manufacturing practice and role of management in the implementation were compiled from related journal, book and website. Basically, this paper refers to three published journal papers by Karlsson et al. (1996), Boyer (1996), and Soriano-Meier et al. (2002). A study was conducted in an aerospace manufacturer in Malaysia. A five-point scale questionnaire has been selected to be the study instrument. These questionnaires were distributed to 45 employees work in kitting department and 8 top management people. The results indicate that the degree of leanness and managerial commitment of the company were moderate. Taru Publications 2008 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13884/1/Degree%20of%20leanness%20and%20managerial%20commitment%20in%20an%20aerospace%20company.pdf A. Perumal, Puvanasvaran and Tan, B. H. and Megat Ahmad, Megat Mohamad Hamdan and Tang, Sai Hong and Muhamad, Mohd Razali and Hamouda, Abdel Magid Salem (2008) Degree of leanness and managerial commitment in an aerospace company. Journal of Statistics & Management System, 11 (4). pp. 653-673. ISSN 0972-0510; ESSN: 2169-0014 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09720510.2008.10701336 10.1080/09720510.2008.10701336
spellingShingle A. Perumal, Puvanasvaran
Tan, B. H.
Megat Ahmad, Megat Mohamad Hamdan
Tang, Sai Hong
Muhamad, Mohd Razali
Hamouda, Abdel Magid Salem
Degree of leanness and managerial commitment in an aerospace company
title Degree of leanness and managerial commitment in an aerospace company
title_full Degree of leanness and managerial commitment in an aerospace company
title_fullStr Degree of leanness and managerial commitment in an aerospace company
title_full_unstemmed Degree of leanness and managerial commitment in an aerospace company
title_short Degree of leanness and managerial commitment in an aerospace company
title_sort degree of leanness and managerial commitment in an aerospace company
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13884/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13884/1/Degree%20of%20leanness%20and%20managerial%20commitment%20in%20an%20aerospace%20company.pdf