Feasibility and Implementation of Lean Management on Operations of China National Electric Engineering Company in Pakistan

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Topic: “The Feasibility and Implementation of Lean Management on the Operations of China
National Electric Engineering Company in Pakistan”
1.0 Literature Review
1.1 Lean Management
As stated by Fullerton, Kennedy and Widener (2014), the process of continuous
improvements in the organizational processes and policies can be defined as lean management.
Martínez-Jurado and Moyano-Fuentes (2014) states that lean management aim to bring about
small changes which will be incremental for the processes to make improvement in the quality
and efficiency of the processes. According to Tenera and Luís Carneiro (2014), lean
management aim to reduce any form of wastage of money, time or effort in each of the steps of
the business processes by revisiting the steps that do not add or create value to the organization.
Biazzo, Panizzolo and de Crescenzo (2016) states that idea can generate from any level of
operation so in order to achieve continuous improvement, people have to be respected.
Steinfeld et al. (2015) states that lean management consist of five basic principles and
they are identification of value, mapping of the value stream, developing the flow, establishing
the pull and continuous improvements. These phases are essential in the current business for
gaining competitive advantage and long term sustainability. The value identification process
identifies the part of the product or service that is adding value to the need of the consumers and
the remaining part of the solution can be considered to be a waste (Dora, Kumar & Gellynck
2016). The next step is the value stream mapping where workflow of any organization is being
mapped in order to chalk down all the actions and people involved in delivering the consumers
with the end products. The value streaming process will provide the overall picture of the teams

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involved in measurement, evaluation and improvement of the overall process. Continuous work
assists in smoothening of the overall processes in the organization (Martínez-Jurado & Moyano-
Fuentes 2014). The pull system is enabled to create a stable workflow and pull is generated
based on the demand of the products. The final step is the continuous improvement where
changes to the overall processes has to be made for increasing the effectiveness and efficiency.
1.2 Effectiveness of Lean Management
According to Ben Ruben, Vinodh and Asokan (2017), there has been significant increase
in the adaptation of the lean management process as it focuses on making improvements to the
overall processes at levels of the hierarchy. Lean management is effective as proper
implementation of the processes can provide competitive advantage for the companies.
Martínez-Jurado and Moyano-Fuentes (2014) states that lean management reduces the number of
waste activities in the business processes and as discussed the principles of lean management
helps in keeping only those processes that add value to the consumers. Fullerton, Kennedy and
Widener (2014) opined that application of lean management have increased as it facilities
enhancement of efficiency and productivity. The processes are made smarter by lean
management as the products are developed based on the demand of the products which makes
the operations cost effective due to effective use of resources.
1.3 Critical Success factors of Lean Management Implementation
As stated by Netland (2016), critical success factors are critical in fulfilling the needs of
the managers based on information. Lande, Shrivastava and Seth (2016) argued that critical
success factors are key to developing the desired using any technique and program. The analysis
of various has highlighted different success factors for effectively implementing lean