Open AccessStrategic Groups and Competitive Priorities in Lean Production Environments: Challenges of Production Management
Author(s) -
Orlando Roque da Silva,
Délvio Venanzi,
Haroldo Lhou Haegawa,
Diogo Faustino
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
produto and produção
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1983-8026
pISSN - 1516-3660
DOI - 10.22456/1983-8026.71315
Subject(s) - lean manufacturing , business , production (economics) , context (archaeology) , lean project management , process management , strategic management , lean laboratory , industrial organization , set (abstract data type) , operations management , marketing , computer science , engineering , economics , microeconomics , paleontology , software construction , software , software system , programming language , biology
This paper explores how the choices and implementation of lean production practices are influenced by performance goals prioritized by firms in the context of operations strategy. We analyzed a set of fifty-six companies in the auto parts industry in Campinas and Jundiai region, divided into four strategic groups. These groups of firms that adopt similar strategic orientations were used to investigate the relationship between implementation of lean manufacturing practices and choice of performance objectives. The results suggest that consideration of strategic groups can improve the understanding of how performance objectives can define lean manufacturing practices adopted by manufacturing companies.