A Path Dependent Perspective of the Transformation to Lean Production
ISBN
978-1-61567-032-1
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2008-11-22
Author(s)
Abstract
The transformation into a lean production company has mostly been approached from a mass producer perspective. However, mass production is not the only precondition a company can have. Many European companies concentrate on craft production to produce customer specific requirements in small quantities. If they decide to implement lean, the different precondition has to be taken into consideration. To understand the precondition of a craft producer, we studied the transformation process from craft to lean of a machine producer in Switzerland. We show that path dependency has to be taken into consideration when discussing the implementation of lean production.
Language
English
Keywords
Craft production
Mass production
Lean production
Case Study
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Book title
39th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute 2008
Publisher
Curran Associates, Inc.
Start page
728
End page
733
Pages
6
Event Title
39th Decision Science Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting
Event Location
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Event Date
22.-25.11.2008
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
57899