Introducing Lean practices through simulation: A case study in an Italian SME

Q2 Business, Management and Accounting Quality Management Journal Pub Date : 2023-02-17 DOI:10.1080/10686967.2023.2171326
Stefano Frecassetti, B. Kassem, Kaustav Kundu, M. Ferrazzi, A. Portioli-Staudacher
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Abstract Lean is a management paradigm that focuses on respect for people and promises improvement in a company’s performance across sectors and sizes. SMEs, in particular, are a point of interest, considering that their malleability in bureaucracy allows for a more significant margin of continuous improvement application. Several organizational theories have gained advantages from technological innovation, and Lean is no exception. The relationships between Lean and new technologies have been studied throughout the years and gained particular interest in the years when Lean started to be integrated with Industry 4.0 (I4.0) to enhance firms’ performance. This article would like to take that discussion from a different point of view, that of I4.0's impact on proving the importance of implementing Lean in manufacturing companies. Through a mixed-method approach of case study and Simulation, this article will answer the identified research question: "How do Lean tools and their integration impact SMEs’ process performance?" by showing the importance of implementing Lean tools in a non-Lean company. The results show that Simulation can identify the Lean tools that benefit the company’s performance most. Managers could benefit from this study by highlighting which tool or combination to invest in according to the impact on operational performance.
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通过模拟引入精益实践:以意大利中小企业为例
摘要精益是一种注重尊重他人的管理模式,并承诺在不同行业和规模的公司中提高绩效。特别是中小企业,考虑到它们在官僚机构中的可塑性允许更大幅度的持续改进应用,因此是一个关注点。一些组织理论从技术创新中获得了优势,精益也不例外。多年来,人们一直在研究精益与新技术之间的关系,并在精益开始与工业4.0(I4.0)集成以提高企业绩效的几年中获得了特别的兴趣。本文将从不同的角度进行讨论,即I4.0对证明制造企业实施精益的重要性的影响。通过案例研究和模拟的混合方法,本文将通过展示在非精益公司中实施精益工具的重要性来回答已确定的研究问题:“精益工具及其集成如何影响中小企业的流程绩效?”。结果表明,仿真可以识别出对公司绩效最有利的精益工具。管理者可以通过强调根据对运营绩效的影响投资哪种工具或组合,从这项研究中受益。
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