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Leveraging fitness and lean bundles to build the cumulative performance sand cone model
Thomas Bortolotti 
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Pamela Danese,
Barbara B. Flynn,
Pietro Romano
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Pamela Danese,
Barbara B. Flynn,
Pietro Romano
International Journal of Production Economics, Volume: 162, Pages: 227 - 241
Swansea University Author:
Thomas Bortolotti
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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.ijpe.2014.09.014
Abstract
Based on a sample of 317 manufacturing companies, this study adopts a structural equation modeling approach to test the relationships between bundles of lean practices and performance. The results of our analyses suggest that there is a sequence of lean practice implementation that permits to improv...
| Published in: | International Journal of Production Economics |
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| Published: |
2014
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925527314002928 |
| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21635 |
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Based on a sample of 317 manufacturing companies, this study adopts a structural equation modeling approach to test the relationships between bundles of lean practices and performance. The results of our analyses suggest that there is a sequence of lean practice implementation that permits to improve all the dimensions of operational performance. This study contributes to the academic literature and to practitioners by supporting the idea that a company - to achieve manufacturing excellence - should implement a "sand-cone" of lean practices to obtain a "sand-cone" of cumulative performance. |
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| Keywords: |
Sand cone model, Cumulative performance, Lean manufacturing, Operations strategy |
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227 |
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241 |