The successfulness of Value Stream Mapping (VSM) as a tool for taking snapshot the production flow efficiency is well established. development large-scale visual map processes and their interactions beneficial problem analysis subsequent solution. Through VSM, managers gain deeper understanding organization carried out in coordination with people system approach. A case study was conducted at S...

just war theory can be found in almost all major cultures. but since war was a business that could not be easily stopped, some aimed to constrain it. in its classic form, just war theory has been around for several centuries—ever since nationhood in europe replaced provincial governments. having made some introductory considerations, i will ask: should just war theory be left as it is, changed,...

Several research trials have evaluated the impact of ractopamine (RAC, Paylean r , Elanco Animal Health) on barrows and gilts of various genetic populations (GP). Overall, the desirable response of RAC to increase daily carcass lean gain, improve feed efficiency, and increase carcass lean percentage has been observed in GP of substantially different lean growth rates and carcass lean percentage...

With the ongoing global pressure of cost cutting and quality focus, many companies have been implementing “lean manufacturing” concepts to survive in this competitive marketplace. “Lean” concepts have found their place in manufacturing and service industries; an important key to eliminating waste and delivering value to the customers. Thus, it is imperative that engineering management graduates...

This article compares the techniques developed for lean construction with those developed for lean manufacturing. Lean manufacturing and lean construction techniques share many common elements despite the obvious differences in their assembly environments and processes. Manufacturing plants and construction sites are different in many ways that might explain why lean production theories and pra...

The “new development economics” (also called behavioral economics) consists of microeconomic experimentation based on economics and randomized controlled trials. This approach would illuminate the close relationships between preferences, culture, institutions point to new political opportunities. paper describes analyzes economics’s main components argues that is just like old in terms its cent...

This paper presents a look at the concept of Lean Manufacturing as applied to the office environment. Lean Manufacturing, which is often referred to as Lean, is a philosophy of manufacturing process improvement through the elimination of waste. As Lean developed since its origins in the automobile industry, it has been extended to apply to various enterprises and organizations, and has achieved...

Lean is a systematic approach to identify and eliminate non-value-added activities or waste through continuous improvement process. While traditional lean manufacturing focuses on the activities within a single organization, lean supply chain consists of the same processes, but it views these processes over multiple organizations. This research addresses an important yet under-studied area – le...

The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the relationship between lean production implementation and financial performance. Particular emphasis is placed on the mediating role of inventory leanness in deriving the financial performance benefits commonly associated with lean production. Moreover, the interaction among different lean practice bundles in affecting financial and inve...

Are lean production jobs intrinsically motivating? More than 20 years after the arrival of lean production, this question remains unresolved. Generally accepted models of job design such as the Job Characteristics Model (JCM, (Hackman, J.R., Oldham, G.R. 1976. Motivation through the design of work: test of a theory. Organizational Behavior and Human Performance 16, 250–279.)) cannot explain the...