Lean Manufacturing in SMEs in Romania

The objective of the theoretical part of the article is, by summarizing the information existing in the literature, to present the meanings given to the concept of lean manufacturing and how it can be implemented in organizations (steps to be followed, success factors, barriers), the term evolution and the emergence of a new concept - Lean Six Sigma.The second part is an investigative approach to the interest of Romanian bloggers in studying the lean manufacturing phenomenon, especially a well-known instrument of it, just-in-time production method.The information obtained has shown that although the concept is an intensely studied international literature, in the autochthonous approach is in the early stages.
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research