TY - GEN
T1 - Lean Versus Agile Manufacturing: An Empirical Study Into The West Midlands (UK) Automotive Industry
AU - Qamar, Amir
AU - Hall, Mark
PY - 2017/7/5
Y1 - 2017/7/5
N2 - Given the scarcity in studies that explore the performance differences between lean and agile production, the aims of this study were to fill this gap range by incorporating the use of non-discursive performance measures. Results upheld the notion of ‘trade-offs’, as lean firms were significantly more cost and quality effective, whereas agile firms were significantly more flexible and speed effective. However, the main contribution concerns contending existing views surrounding ‘leagile’ SC literature, as lean and agile firms were found to be operating within the top and lower tiers of the automotive supply chain respectively.
AB - Given the scarcity in studies that explore the performance differences between lean and agile production, the aims of this study were to fill this gap range by incorporating the use of non-discursive performance measures. Results upheld the notion of ‘trade-offs’, as lean firms were significantly more cost and quality effective, whereas agile firms were significantly more flexible and speed effective. However, the main contribution concerns contending existing views surrounding ‘leagile’ SC literature, as lean and agile firms were found to be operating within the top and lower tiers of the automotive supply chain respectively.
UR - http://euroma2017.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Euroma-2017-Schedule-V6-final.pdf
M3 - Conference contribution
BT - 24th EurOMA conference, Inspiring Operations Management. Edinburgh, Scotland.
ER -