Trends and Prospects for the Implementation of Lean Manufacturing Tools

Abstract

The study presents conceptual definition of lean production and describes the tools for achieving the goals of lean manufacturing. To systematize a large amount of data, we applied the method of quantitative and qualitative content analysis of the most significant scientific publications that reflect the advantages, problems, and trends of lean production. An assessment of the effectiveness of the implementation of the concept of lean production and its individual tools is given. The study identified the problems in achieving the goals of lean production, the main of which is the unpreparedness for systemic organizational changes. We examined the representation of individual problems of lean production in scientific publications. The current global trends in the implementation of the idea of lean manufacturing are determined based on the analysis of the most cited publications presented in the Web of Science and Google Scholar databases for the period from 2015 to 2020. The main trend is to combine different tools to improve the efficiency of lean manufacturing.