Skuteczność działań lean w polskich przedsiębiorstwach – wybrane aspekty rozwiązań przy zachowaniu ducha kaizen. Badania empiryczne

• Authors: Piasecka-Głuszak Agnieszka

Title variants

EN

Effectiveness of lean actions in Polish companies – selected aspects of solutions in the spirit of kaizen. Empirical research

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The method of lean management is very successful in Polish enterprises. In today’s turbulent world, many companies want to increase their efficiency and reduce costs. The lean gives them the opportunity to do so, eliminating all activities that do not bring value from the point of view of the customer, and implementing standardized processes and procedures that contribute to the activities of workers in continuous improvement – kaizen. The purpose of this article is to present the theoretical and empirical effectiveness of lean management in Polish companies basing on the conducted research. The article consists of two parts. The first part is theoretical and based on studies of the literature it describes concepts of lean, kaizen, standardization and visualization, their main objectives and principles. The second part presents the solely empirical research, the responses of managers, specialists in lean or kaizen activities in Polish enterprises on the tools of lean, standardization and visualization.

Keywords

EN

lean management; kaizen; standardization; visualization

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Gdański
• Journal: International Business and Global Economy
• Year: 2014
• Volume: Volume 33
• Pages: 595–608

Dates

online

2015-01-05

Contributors

author

Piasecka-Głuszak Agnieszka

Identifiers

DOI

10.4467/23539496IB.13.044.2429