摘要：The purpose of this paper is to explore and integrate the role of human resources with the internal
practices of the Indian manufacturing industries towards successful implementation of lean manufacturing
(LM). An extensive literature survey is carried out. An attempt is made to build an
exhaustive list of all the input manifests related to human resources and internal practices necessary
for LM implementation, coupled with a similar exhaustive list of the benefits accrued from its
successful implementation. A structural model is thus conceptualized, which is empirically validated
based on the data from the Indian manufacturing sector. Hardly any survey based empirical
study in India has been found to integrate human resources with the internal processes towards
successful LM implementation. This empirical research is thus carried out in the Indian manufacturing
industries. The analysis reveals six key input constructs and three output constructs, indicating
that these constructs should act in unison to maximize the benefits of implementing lean.
The structural model presented in this paper may be treated as a guide to integrate human resources
with internal practices to successfully implement lean, leading to an optimum utilization of resources.
This work is one of the very first researches to have a survey-based empirical analysis of
the role of human resources and internal practices of the Indian manufacturing sector towards an
effective lean implementation.
关键词：Lean manufacturing;Lean implementation;HR practices;Internal manufacturing practices;Lean benefits;Structural model
