THE KEY TO LEAN PERFORMANCE: IMPLEMENTING A DAILY SHOP-FLOOR CONTROL SYSTEM USING STANDARDIZATION AND VISUAL MANAGEMENT

Proposed this paper is a standardized shop floor control (SFC) model which has been developed to control and enhance processes improvement in both Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and multinationals based in Morocco. The key contribution of this paper is a framework, “Lean Shop Floor Control System” (LSFCS), which responds efficiently to many common Lean Manufacturing (LM), Lean Leadership and SFC requirements by regrouping four main dimensions that are standardization, visual management, daily audits, and kaizen. The LSFCS framework is principally constructed by considering the outcomes achieved during researches submitted by the same authors in connection with LM deployment in Morocco and national culture impact on Lean Leadership and LM maturity.