Title: New approach of lean management concept: procedure and practical case in the automotive sector

Authors: Abdelouahed Boutayeb; Abdelali Ennadi; Abderrahim Chamat; Abdelhamid Touache; Abderrazak Boumane

Addresses: Laboratory of Industrial Technics (LIT), FST University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Route Imouzzer, BP 2202 Fez, Morocco ' Laboratory of Industrial Technics (LIT), FST University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Route Imouzzer, BP 2202 Fez, Morocco ' Laboratory of Industrial Technics (LIT), FST University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Route Imouzzer, BP 2202 Fez, Morocco ' Mechanical Engineering Laboratory (LGM), FST University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Route Imouzzer, BP 2202 Fez, Morocco ' Laboratory of Innovative Technologies (LIT), National School of Applied Sciences, Route de Ziaten, Km 10, BP: 1818 Tangier, Morocco

Abstract: Market requirements and product diversity call for a lean approach that allows companies to meet customer requirements in terms of quality, cost and lead time. Lean management (LM) is based on the evolution of the culture and the deployment of tools to improve and optimise industrial performances. The objective of this paper is to present the impact of the deployment of LM on the working environment and the health of workers during a change or improvement of the process. This paper presents a new concept of continuous improvement which takes into consideration high performance improvement based on a new overall equipment effectiveness indicator. This new approach allows taking into consideration all the performance factors by treating non-conformities or non-quality, all types of non-value added (NVA), and improving the social and organisational side 'ergonomic, safety, environment'. A practical case was studied will allow validating our new approach.

Keywords: lean management; safety; environment; ergonomic; overall equipment effectiveness; OEE; continuous improvement.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2024.136792

International Journal of Services and Operations Management, 2024 Vol.47 No.1, pp.97 - 122

Received: 07 Nov 2020
Accepted: 03 Oct 2021
Published online: 22 Feb 2024 *

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