Abstract
This study attempts to investigate the global competitiveness scenario in chemical manufacturing industries in line with lean thinking. The objective of this article is also to understand the concept of lean manufacturing, its philosophy, various tools and techniques, lean implementation benefits and barrier towards lean implementation of chemical industries in Ethiopia. Competitiveness of chemical manufacturing industry is not easily attainable since chemical products nature is variant. There are challenges which hinder the development of chemical industries production. The chemical industries contribution to the economy is very small when compared to agriculture contribution due to infant stage of the industrial group in general. The methods that can bring the chemical industries development and increase competitiveness is one lean thinking revolution. The big challenges noticed in this study found are chemical manufacturing industries have not diffused lean thinking into their process. The chemical industries consume more energy and resources with high technology. As a result of these, the development of chemical manufacturing industry in Ethiopia is darting and at initial stage in contributing for the country economics in employment, GDP, and self-sustained economy. Lean philosophy utilization to companies needs more commitment by the industrial sectors worker and kaizen institute.
Highlights
Global competitiveness achievement cannot be predicted only with establishment of manufacturing industries
This study has addressed the competitiveness of Ethiopian chemical industries considering the main chemical industrial groups
Lean was founded in post-WWII Japan in 1940 by Sakichi Toyoda and chief engineer Taiichi Ohno, Toyota Production System (TPS) is largely grounded in the systematic elimination of what Toyota identified as the eight deadly wastes
Summary
Global competitiveness achievement cannot be predicted only with establishment of manufacturing industries. Global competitiveness of chemical industries product is the advantage of the companies to compete equivalently of more than their competitors by the products or services rendered to the customer with value added scenario or meeting needs of customer expectation or exceeding [10]. This is true for chemical manufacturing and process industries. The industrial development with competitive advantage is not spoken without increased productivity and decreased wastes of manufacturing processes [11] This research has been structured as follows in sections: Section 4 methodology part, Section 5 literature review, Section 6 chemical industries competitiveness, Section 9 ways forward and last section is conclusion
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