摘要：This research is to review the input enablers towards lean manufacturing (LM) implementation to group them into a set of significant factors, enabling the manufacturing industries to administer the implementation process successfully. This is not a conventional paper on review of LM or its development since quite a few of such similar papers already exist in literature. This study is the first of its kind, which, based on literature survey, attempts to frame an exhaustive list of all the technical and human inputs for LM implementation and it not only focuses on the internal parameters but also brings the role of customers and suppliers under its purview. No such holistic approach has been taken in the past to explore all the possible enablers of LM implementation. An extensive literature survey reveals an initial list of 208 attributes which were further combined to a practically feasible list of 46 manifest inputs through Delphi exercise. These manifests are then conceptually grouped under 11 latent constructs. Based on these findings, a conceptual model is suggested to provide further insights towards successful LM implementation. The model conceptualized from the review is expected to provide further insights for lean implementation and will be very helpful to integrate the lean principles and tools into a unified coherent complete lean manufacturing system.
关键词：Lean Manufacturing; Lean Enablers; Input Manifests; Latent Constructs; Conceptual Model for Lean Implementation.
