Open AccessA REVIEWOF LEANAPPLICATION IN MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT: DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGIES
Author(s) -
Azim Azuan Osman,
Abdul Aziz Othman,
Mohd Kamarul Irwan Abdul Rahim
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of technology and operations management/journal of technology and operations management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2590-4175
pISSN - 1823-514X
DOI - 10.32890/jtom2019.14.2.4
Subject(s) - lean manufacturing , toyota production system , computer science , lean project management , lean software development , manufacturing engineering , linguistics , process management , business , engineering , philosophy , software construction , software , programming language , software system
This articleis a review of definitions and terminologies used in existing literatures related to application of Lean Systemin manufacturing environment. The article is made to provide clear insight and comparisons on various terms used incontemporary academicjournals, booksand published theseson 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 presentreview is concluded with visual explanation regarding several major jargons in Lean System.