When introducing Business Process Management at SAP, the goal was to create measurable and sustainable impact. We demonstrate value of process management by delivering process improvement projects using standardized services and LEAN methodology based on documented processes as included in the SAP Process Landscape. To achieve a holistic picture, not only processes are analyzed, but business ro...

Background and Aim: The growing healthcare expenses, technological advancements and increasing competition in healthcare services, brings up new challenges for healthcare industry in providing appropriate services to customers. The Lean methodology, which is a managerial approach, provides tools necessary to eliminate waste and increase customer satisfaction through increasing quality of the se...

The objective of the research is to examine and develop new methods and tools for management of knowledge in Lean Product development. Lean Product development attempts to apply lean philosophy and principles within product development process. Special emphasis is given to the so-called Set Based Lean Design principles. Such product development process requires innovative methodologies and tool...

Supply chain management has become one of the most popular approaches to enhance the global competitiveness of business corporations today. Firms must have clear strategic thinking in order to effectively organize such complicated activities, resources, communications, and processes. An emerging body of literature offers a framework that identifies three kinds of supply chain strategies: lean s...

With the ongoing global pressure of cost cutting and quality focus, many companies have been implementing “lean manufacturing” concepts to survive in this competitive marketplace. “Lean” concepts have found their place in manufacturing and service industries; an important key to eliminating waste and delivering value to the customers. Thus, it is imperative that engineering management graduates...

While evidence exists for an association between people management practices (PMP), firm characteristics and lean manufacturing (LMP), there is limited research focusing on different sized firms. What not understood (1) what PMP bundles are chosen by firms which adopt LMP, (2) play a role in explaining these choices. The empirical based archival data sourced from the world dataset comprising of...

Companies nowadays are working to improve their processes and functions; one of the most important functions is inventory management, in which companies schedule production activity. This function has evolved come up with many optimization tools that, unfortunately, haven’t adopted yet. Also, lean management concept largely attracted attention both researchers professionals regarding its import...

The adoption of lean principles and practices has become widespread in many industries since the early 1990’s. Companies are now beginning to realise that traditional costing and accounting methods may conflict with the lean initiatives they are implementing. Consequently, important research questions are being raised. Is a new cost management and accounting approach required for companies that...

This talk discusses how agile methods can be used for managing high-risk, time-sensitive R&D-oriented new product development (NPD) projects with demanding customers and fast-changing market conditions. It establishes the context, provides a definition, and describes the value-system for lean and agile project management. It provides a brief survey of popular lean and agile project management a...