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Human performance in lean production environment: Critical assessment and research framework
Author(s) -
Genaidy Ash M.,
Karwowski Waldemar
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
human factors and ergonomics in manufacturing and service industries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1520-6564
pISSN - 1090-8471
DOI - 10.1002/hfm.10047
Subject(s) - lean manufacturing , production (economics) , leaps , productivity , lean laboratory , lean project management , hum , variety (cybernetics) , toyota production system , quality (philosophy) , manufacturing engineering , business , computer science , work (physics) , operations management , risk analysis (engineering) , process management , engineering , economics , art , philosophy , software , artificial intelligence , software system , macroeconomics , software construction , epistemology , art history , programming language , mechanical engineering , finance , performance art
In the past two decades, emerging work production systems have pervaded a diverse number of U.S. manufacturing enterprises in an attempt to achieve quantum leaps in quality and productivity and to offer customers a variety of products with different options. Because the worker is at the heart of the application of lean production strategies, this article deals with human performance in a lean production environment. First, an overview of a lean production model is presented. Second, the evidence on human performance in a lean production environment is described and appraised. Third, a research framework is described to determine optimum human performance practices in a lean production setting. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Hum Factors Man 13: 317–330, 2003.