Lean Thinking Literature Review and Suggestions for Future Research
Journal: World Academic Journal of Business & Applied Sciences (WAJBAS) (Vol.1, No. 4)Publication Date: 2013-06-07
Authors : Haritz Gorostidi Martinez; Wang Xue Lu;
Page : 108-115
Keywords : Lean thinking; strategic management; health care;
Abstract
The research provides a literature overview from a timespan of more than 60 years with articles historically and thematically organized about the application of “Lean thinking” (LT) concept and the main research findings through different industries. Lean thinking is an important but yet still under researched aspect of strategic management. By collecting research records from ISI web of knowledge naming directly the lean thinking issue; 34 Web of science records, 10 Medline records and 2 Chinese citation database records were found. Results show that the main focus areas on lean thinking researches are mainly applied in health care industry (with the 48% of the collected records) followed by manufacturing industry (17%), construction (10%), product development (7%), training and education (7%) and supply chain (2%). Other industries (9%) are also starting to apply lean thinking philosophy according to the particularities of their domain. We find research gaps and provide directions for further investigation.
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