AN EMPRICAL STUDY ON THE CONTRIBUTION OF LEAN PRACTICES TO SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING: THE ROLE OF LEAN CULTURE AS MODERATOR
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2011-04
Authors
Nezhad, Mahzad Bandeh
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Abstract
Nowadays, sustainabiIity issues receives an increasing level of attention at both global and local
levels which eventually leads to questions on how to integrate sustainability with business
operations and strategy. Despite the importance of lean manufacturing in alleviating sustainable
manufacturing issues and providing environmental, economic and social benefits to
organizations, little is known about the effect of lean practices on triple bottom line of
sustainability. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of lean practices in different
functional areas of manufacturing finns on sustainable manufacturing performance. In addition,
the study investigates the moderating effect of lean culture on the relationships between the lean
practices and sustainable manufacturing performance. To attain its objectives, the study utilized
mail survey to 445 manufacturing firms in northern region of Malaysia. 101 usable responses
were received from the respondents. The results of the survey indicate that lean practice related
to functional areas of process and equipment, human resource, product design and customer
satisfaction have positive effect on environmental outcomes. The results of the study also reveals
that human resource, product design and supplier relationship practices have positive effect on
economic outcomes and process and equipment, manufacturing planning and control, supplier
relationship and customer relationship practices have positive effect on social outcomes. This
study found positive moderating effect of lean culture on relationship between manufacturing
planning and control and environmental outcomes and customer relationship and economic
outcomes. Lean culture also moderate the effect of product design, supplier relationship and
customer relationship practices on social outcomes. Finally, implication of the results and
suggestions for future research are discussed at the end of research.
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SUSTAINABLE , MANUFACTURING