A Review on Issues of Lean Manufacturing Implementation by Small and Medium Enterprises

The present research work is an attempt to capture the issues in implementation of Lean Manufacturing and improve understanding with the Lean philosophy in small and medium enterprises. The work also attempts to document the issues such as barriers and critical success factors during lean implementation. An effort has been made to list out the benefits of implementation of Lean, and to highlight the major issues that affect the performance of an organization through a systematic literature review. The methodology includes focusing and reviewing the key research papers on Lean Manufacturing in small and medium enterprises (SMEs).