UPM Institutional Repository

Degree of leanness and managerial commitment in an aerospace company


Citation

A. Perumal, Puvanasvaran and Tan, B. H. and Megat Ahmad, Megat Mohamad Hamdan and Tang, Sai Hong and Muhamad, Mohd Razali and Hamouda, Abdel Magid Salem (2008) Degree of leanness and managerial commitment in an aerospace company. Journal of Statistics & Management System, 11 (4). pp. 653-673. ISSN 0972-0510; ESSN: 2169-0014

Abstract

Lean manufacturing is a popular concept practiced in most Japanese and western company to increase their competitiveness. However, only few of them succeed to get good result. To achieve success in implementation of lean manufacturing, company has to make changes. Managerial commitment is important in this investment. Thus, the objective of this paper is to determine the degree of leanness and managerial commitment in companies. All the information of lean manufacturing practice and role of management in the implementation were compiled from related journal, book and website. Basically, this paper refers to three published journal papers by Karlsson et al. (1996), Boyer (1996), and Soriano-Meier et al. (2002). A study was conducted in an aerospace manufacturer in Malaysia. A five-point scale questionnaire has been selected to be the study instrument. These questionnaires were distributed to 45 employees work in kitting department and 8 top management people. The results indicate that the degree of leanness and managerial commitment of the company were moderate.


Download File

[img]
Preview
Text (Abstract)
Degree of leanness and managerial commitment in an aerospace company.pdf

Download (34kB) | Preview

Additional Metadata

Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1080/09720510.2008.10701336
Publisher: Taru Publications
Keywords: Leanness; Managerial commitment; Aerospace company
Depositing User: Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited: 14 Aug 2018 08:51
Last Modified: 14 Aug 2018 08:51
Altmetrics: http://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=psasir.upm.edu.my&doi=10.1080/09720510.2008.10701336
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13884
Statistic Details: View Download Statistic

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item