主催: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
会議名: 第32回 設計工学・システム部門講演会
開催日: 2022/09/20 - 2022/09/22
Lean adoption is unsuccessful because employees do not reach a consensus on adoption novel ideas, and employers do not precisely understand the value of the lean approach. Hence, a study is vital to formulating the necessary industry approaches for facilitating a supportive system to make lean implementation successful. This study aims to assess barriers concerning lean acceptance for company employees, devise the required techniques to allow employees to adopt the lean approach, and create a change management-based environment for lean implementation success. This study emphasises the employee perspective considering different levels in an organisation. The study questionnaires had a 0.84 Cronbach’s Alpha metric, over the 0.70 threshold level, indicating questionnaire reliability. The sample comprised 100 employees, and the response rate was 79%, indicating 79 study candidates. The collected data were processed to determine the average index and conduct a frequency assessment. Subsequently, the data is employed to formulate novel approaches to facilitate lead adoption success, creating a new and versatile medium. Lastly, Jick’s change management technique is used to demonstrate that promoting change builds awareness and facilitates change execution. Changes are communicated timely before implementation; moreover, the change management team must devise the guidelines vital to prevent unacceptable work, create standard operating procedures, and implement changes using the genuine working approach to incorporate lean practices in business operations.