A Review on Lean Manufacturing Elements and its Benefits in Context of Indian Industry

Abstract

With the growing industry field, it becomes necessary for every organization to work upon its weakness and force their strength to improve its working environment. Lean manufacturing offers best tools and technique for improving the competitiveness of manufacturing organizations over the globe. The concept of Lean manufacturing helpsin identification of waste, their reduction or elimination to enable smooth manufacturing of superior quality with lesser efforts, time and at low cost. Due to its fruitful features, it is gaining more popularity among manufacturing industries. This paper presents a review on Lean Manufacturing elements, aids, operation strategies and barriers in execution for manufacturing industry.