From lean to green management

Elena Ganebnykh,Andrey Ivashchenko,Yulia Igoshina,Anna Fedyaeva,A. Zheltenkov

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/20199108038

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https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20199108038

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Abstract

The article is devoted to testing the hypothesis of Melnyk et al. that companies implementing principles of Lean Management System are more environmentally friendly than those that do not implement them. Melnyk tested his hypothesis in North American companies, where Lean Management System and Green Management System are introduced almost simultaneously. Russian production practice is significantly different from the American one, and Lean manufacturing is significantly ahead of Environmental management principles. To test the hypothesis, a formed sample of a number of Russian manufacturing companies was rather small, but the results were fully confirmed.

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The industrial period of society development was based on three pillars: cost, time and quality
The authors pointed out the following problems: a wide deviation from the core understanding of the Sustainable Manufacturing (SM) concept, inconsistency in the understanding of issues associated with SM concept, and a mix of performance-related features and sustainabilityoriented instruments in the definitions of the SM concept
The questionnaires were sent during June 2018, and the responses were compiled in September 2018

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The industrial period of society development was based on three pillars: cost, time and quality. The transition to post-industrialism symbolizes avoiding manual labour in the production of material goods through total robotization and automation of production processes. Lean Manufacturing is focused on "cleaning " all production processes from non-productive operations, the so-called wastes. One of the most important principles of modern development of both the whole society and individual production systems is their sustainable development. Sustainable development is the organizing principle for meeting human development goals while at the same time sustaining the ability of natural systems to provide the natural resources and ecosystem services upon which the economy and society depend. How does Sustainable Manufacturing (SM) fit into the concept of sustainable development of society? The authors pointed out the following problems: a wide deviation from the core understanding of the SM concept, inconsistency in the understanding of issues associated with SM concept, and a mix of performance-related features and sustainabilityoriented instruments in the definitions of the SM concept

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