AN EMPRICAL STUDY ON THE CONTRIBUTION OF LEAN PRACTICES TO SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING: THE ROLE OF LEAN CULTURE AS MODERATOR
| dc.contributor.author | Nezhad, Mahzad Bandeh | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-01-14T06:14:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-01-14T06:14:46Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-04 | |
| dc.description.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. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1578 | |
| dc.subject | SUSTAINABLE | en_US |
| dc.subject | MANUFACTURING | en_US |
| dc.title | AN EMPRICAL STUDY ON THE CONTRIBUTION OF LEAN PRACTICES TO SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING: THE ROLE OF LEAN CULTURE AS MODERATOR | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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