Lean and Green Manufacturing: Concept and its Implementation in Operations Management

To stay competitive, companies facing today’s levels of unprecedented global competition must design and offer better products and services and improve their manufacturing operations. Lean manufacturing has been used to improve operational performance. Operations management is concerned with converting materials and labor into goods and services as efficiently as possible to maximize the profit of an organization. It is in order to create optimized versions that make the best use of resources without affecting the services delivered or product created. Green manufacturing is a method of manufacturing that minimizes waste and pollution. Lean manufacturing is the system which aims in elimination of the waste from the system with a systematic and continuous approach. This study aims to discuss the lean and green manufacturing concept and its implementation in operation management. Operations management teams attempt to balance costs with revenue to achieve the highest net operating profit possible. In this direction, techniques of lean philosophy can play the great role.