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Auditing for Measuring the Extent of Lean Implementation
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Author(s): S. Vinodh (National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India), V. Kamala (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India), M. S. Shama (SCMS School of Engineering and Technology, Kerala, India)and S. Aravindraj (National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India)
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 14
Source title:
Handbook of Research on Design and Management of Lean Production Systems
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Vladimír Modrák (Technical University of Košice, Slovakia)and Pavol Semančo (Technical University of Košice, Slovakia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5039-8.ch014
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Abstract
This chapter presents the details of a lean audit conducted among 25 Indian automotive manufacturing organizations. The audit consists of 59 indices grouped among 20 categories. The study consists of development of comprehensive lean audit procedure, gathering input scores, and grouping the organizations into 7 lean phases. The lean audit investigates the lean adoption and derives the appropriate lean phase. The conduct of the lean audit examines leanness level of organizations and the possible improvement proposals for leanness improvement. The conduct of the survey enables organizations to benchmark with similar organizations from a leanness perspective.
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