Journal of Applied Economic Research
ISSN 2712-7435
The Oretical Aspects of «Lean Enterprise» Definition»
Markova N.A., Markov D.A.
Abstract
Lean production was established as a production management concept in the 1970s in Japan at the car making company Toyota and became the standard for enterprises around the world in many industries. However, despite the fact that using the tools and following the principles of lean production became common practice, there are also national standards, and we cannot describe all enterprises which use the tools and follow the principles as «lean». The subject of this research is the definition of «a lean enterprise». Literature analysis identified two approaches to the «lean enterprise» definition – direct and indirect, using individual characteristics. On the basis of the analyses we identified several groups of characteristics in the definition of the «lean enterprise» (structure, aim and action) that were used by some authors. The analysis of the groups of characteristics enabled the authors to identify three features of the «lean enterprise»: those adhering to the concept principles, using the tools and transformation. We determined that some features of the «lean enterprise» relate to the features of a self-organizing enterprise (culture, structure, motivation, leadership, learning) in line to 2S-system theory. By comparing the features of the self-developing organization and the Toyota Production System principles we formulated the «lean enterprise» definition and described it as an enterprise which uses the tools of lean production, follow the concept principles and seek to become a self-organizing and self-developing organization. Using this research will help create a lean enterprise model and it classification.
Keywords
lean production; lean enterprise; self-organization; self-development; culture; structure; learning; leadership; motivation.
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About Authors
Markova Nina Anatolyevna – Senior Methodologist, Higher School of Business and Economics, Perm National Research Polytechnic University, Perm, Russia (614000, Perm, Komsomol'skij prospect, 29); e-mail: fk@pstu.ru.
Markov Denis Anatolyevich – Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Management and Marketing, Perm National Research Polytechnic University, Perm, Russia (614000, Perm, Komsomol'skij prospect, 29); e-mail: damarkov@pstu.ru.
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Markova N.A., Markov D.A. Theoretical Aspects of "Lean Enterprise" Definition. Bulletin of Ural Federal University. Series Economics and Management, 2017, Vol. 16, No. 6, 856-879. DOI: 10.15826/vestnik.2017.16.6.041.
Article info
Received October 10, 2017; Accepted November 10, 2017.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15826/vestnik.2017.16.6.041
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