A review of lean application in manufacturing environment: definition and terminologies

This article is a review of definitions and terminologies used in existing literatures related to application of Lean System in manufacturing environment. The article is made to provide clear insight and comparisons on various terms used in contemporary academic journals, books and published these...

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Main Authors: Osman, Azim Azuan, Othman, Abdul Aziz, Abdul Rahim, Mohd Kamarul Irwan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UUM College of Business 2019
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/27073/1/JTOM%2014%202%202019%2028%2045.pdf
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description This article is a review of definitions and terminologies used in existing literatures related to application of Lean System in manufacturing environment. The article is made to provide clear insight and comparisons on various terms used in contemporary academic journals, books and published theses on the subject of Lean System. This review realizes that the term Lean Manufacturing was more popular among Malaysian and Asian countries, while Lean Production was mostly used by American scholars. From this review, readers also might learn that Lean System and Toyota Production System are not really the same system due to a missing principle. The present review is concluded with visual explanation regarding several major jargons in Lean System
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spelling uum-270732020-06-07T02:23:46Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/27073/ A review of lean application in manufacturing environment: definition and terminologies Osman, Azim Azuan Othman, Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim, Mohd Kamarul Irwan T Technology (General) This article is a review of definitions and terminologies used in existing literatures related to application of Lean System in manufacturing environment. The article is made to provide clear insight and comparisons on various terms used in contemporary academic journals, books and published theses on the subject of Lean System. This review realizes that the term Lean Manufacturing was more popular among Malaysian and Asian countries, while Lean Production was mostly used by American scholars. From this review, readers also might learn that Lean System and Toyota Production System are not really the same system due to a missing principle. The present review is concluded with visual explanation regarding several major jargons in Lean System UUM College of Business 2019-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/27073/1/JTOM%2014%202%202019%2028%2045.pdf Osman, Azim Azuan and Othman, Abdul Aziz and Abdul Rahim, Mohd Kamarul Irwan (2019) A review of lean application in manufacturing environment: definition and terminologies. Journal of Technology and Operations Management, 14 (2). 28 -45. ISSN 1823-514X http://e-journal.uum.edu.my/index.php/jtom/article/view/8716
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