TY - JOUR
T1 - Defining and developing measures of lean production
AU - Shah, Rachna
AU - Ward, Peter T.
PY - 2007/6/1
Y1 - 2007/6/1
N2 - Our research addresses the confusion and inconsistency associated with "lean production." We attempt to clarify the semantic confusion surrounding lean production by conducting an extensive literature review using a historical evolutionary perspective in tracing its main components. We identify a key set of measurement items by charting the linkages between measurement instruments that have been used to measure its various components from the past literature, and using a rigorous, two-stage empirical method and data from a large set of manufacturing firms, we narrow the list of items selected to represent lean production to 48 items, empirically identifying 10 underlying components. In doing so, we map the operational space corresponding to conceptual space surrounding lean production. Configuration theory provides the theoretical underpinnings and helps to explain the synergistic relationships among its underlying components.
AB - Our research addresses the confusion and inconsistency associated with "lean production." We attempt to clarify the semantic confusion surrounding lean production by conducting an extensive literature review using a historical evolutionary perspective in tracing its main components. We identify a key set of measurement items by charting the linkages between measurement instruments that have been used to measure its various components from the past literature, and using a rigorous, two-stage empirical method and data from a large set of manufacturing firms, we narrow the list of items selected to represent lean production to 48 items, empirically identifying 10 underlying components. In doing so, we map the operational space corresponding to conceptual space surrounding lean production. Configuration theory provides the theoretical underpinnings and helps to explain the synergistic relationships among its underlying components.
KW - Confirmatory factor analysis
KW - Lean production
KW - Scale development
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jom.2007.01.019
DO - 10.1016/j.jom.2007.01.019
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34248550363
VL - 25
SP - 785
EP - 805
JO - Journal of Operations Management
JF - Journal of Operations Management
SN - 0272-6963
IS - 4
ER -