Open AccessBarriers to Lean and Pull System implementation: a case study
Author(s) -
Alatalícia Vasconcelos de Araújo,
Anabela Carvalho Alves,
Fannyng Edith Roncal Romero
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1193/1/012048
Subject(s) - lean manufacturing , multinational corporation , lean project management , process management , lean software development , business , computer science , operations management , manufacturing engineering , engineering , marketing , software , software development , software construction , finance , programming language
Lean Production has been documented in the last decades as a management methodology that brings many benefits. Nevertheless, many companies faced difficulties in implementing it and in having success. This happens due to the existence of some barriers to its implementation. This fact also occurs in the multinational company studied in this paper. Applying a case study methodology, research on the potential barriers for Lean and pull system implementation in a company that adopted Lean around two decades ago was made. To collect data for the case study, 17 interviews at different hierarchical levels in the organization were performed. The results of interviews analysis show that Lean and pull requires an integrated implementation of several dimensions.