Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
Volume 49, Issue 2, Pages 431-445Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00207540903471494
Keywords
lean manufacturing; leanness assessment; fuzzy methods; leanness index
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The manufacturing organisations have been witnessing a transition from mass manufacturing to lean manufacturing. Lean operations are characterised by the elimination of obvious wastes occurring in the manufacturing process, thereby facilitating cost reduction. This paper reports a research carried out to assess the leanness of an organisation using multi-grade fuzzy approach. During this research, a leanness measurement model incorporated with multi-grade fuzzy approach was designed. This is followed by the substitution of the data gathered from a manufacturing organisation. After the computation of leanness index, the areas for leanness improvement have been identified. The approach contributed in this project could be used as a test kit for periodically evaluating an organisation's leanness.
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