Journal
JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Volume 25, Issue 4, Pages 785-805Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2007.01.019
Keywords
lean production; scale development; confirmatory factor analysis
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Our research addresses the confusion and inconsistency associated with lean production. We attempt to clarify the semantic confusion surrounding lean production by conducting an extensive literature review using a historical evolutionary perspective in tracing its main components. We identify a key set of measurement items by charting the linkages between measurement instruments that have been used to measure its various components from the past literature, and using a rigorous, two-stage empirical method and data from a large set of manufacturing firms, we narrow the list of items selected to represent lean production to 48 items, empirically identifying 10 underlying components. In doing so, we map the operational space corresponding to conceptual space surrounding lean production. Configuration theory provides the theoretical underpinnings and helps to explain the synergistic relationships among its underlying components. (c) 2007 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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