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A combined AHP and ISM-based model to assess the leanness of a manufacturing company

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  • Tharun Thomas
  • P.G. Saleeshya
  • Priya Harikumar

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Our prime objective in the present study was to explore the unidentified lean enablers of manufacturing companies and form a suitable model to assess the leanness of a manufacturing company. A comparative study was also conducted between lean followed in industries and actual lean practice which revealed a fact that, a wide gap persists between the lean followed in industries and actual lean practice. Suitability of the model for leanness assessment was tested with the help of an industrial study using analytical hierarchy process. Percentage wise results of lean enablers were obtained as output of the study, which helped in lean assessment. For further study, interpretive structural modelling (ISM) was used to identify different wastes in a lean manufacturing company. The study also helps to discover how ISM tool can be used to find the interconnectivity between the different wastes in a manufacturing company.

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  • Tharun Thomas & P.G. Saleeshya & Priya Harikumar, 2017. "A combined AHP and ISM-based model to assess the leanness of a manufacturing company," International Journal of Business Performance Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 18(4), pages 403-426.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijbpma:v:18:y:2017:i:4:p:403-426
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    1. Aswathy Sreenivasan & Suresh Ma & Prema Nedungadi & V. Raja Sreedharan & R. Raghu Raman, 2023. "Interpretive Structural Modeling: Research Trends, Linkages to Sustainable Development Goals, and Impact of COVID-19," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-27, February.
    2. Ahmad A. Mumani & Ghazi M. Magableh & Mahmoud Z. Mistarihi, 2022. "Decision making process in lean assessment and implementation: a review," Management Review Quarterly, Springer, vol. 72(4), pages 1089-1128, December.

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