| Abstract [eng] |
As nowadays competition is getting stronger, business is forced to find new ways to overcome not even external challenges, but also internal. Facing hard and new competition, lean system is often being chosen by companies preferring to optimize their inner processes by eliminating wastes, as well as reducing production costs. Actually, lean system requires alignment with company’s strategy focusing on creation of value to customers and creating a positive mind-set of employees who are willing to be a part of effective changes. However, it is still unclear how lean should be adopted in manufacturing companies while facing implementation challenges, though specific obstacles and special requirements for each manufacturing system should be defined (Lathin and Michell, 2001). Empirical analysis in scientific literature does not reveal, if company should plan and manage lean model implementation on its own as well. There is still too little scientific research carried out justifying the application of lean model implementation based on: management engagement, training of employees, value stream mapping and proper sequence of lean tools, which contribute to efficient lean implementation. It is sufficient to understand challenges and preconditions for successful lean model adaption in manufacturing companies, also the ways how to control and maintain the system in order to ensure effectiveness and continuity of improvement. The quality of the results of manufacturing companies directly depends on process management and are influenced to discovery effective process management systems to overcome approaching challenges. Scientific literature does not distinguish specific challenges, which Lithuanian manufacturing companies face and there is still too little substantiation on solutions, which are applied to cope with them. As a result, questions rise: what are the challenges, which manufacturing company faces in lean model implementation and how to deal with them. |
