STRATEGY, OPERATIONS STRATEGY AND LEAN MANUFACTURING
STRATEJİ, ÜRETİM STRATEJİSİ VE YALIN ÜRETİM

Author : Akif EMİROĞLU
Number of pages : 409-419

Abstract

Nowadays, the main requirement in order to survive on international conditions of competition is to run ahead. To realize this, it’s required to keep up with dinamic structure of the century, be open to the changes and innovations. The firms which don’t adapt to the new systems, techniques and technologies are convicted to stay behind in the competition. Because of this reasons, “Lean Manufacturing System” which was used first by Toyota Automobile Factory and later spread on other firms, was developed. The purpose is to deliver value which starts with raw material to final customers without interrepution throughout value creating process (Emiroglu, 2012, 985). The purpose of this work is to introduce strategy, operations strategy and Lean Manufacturing System by defining of all. Methodologically, by defining these three words, by showing relationship between them and by comparing lean manufacturing system briefly has been embraced. As a result, the findings from the study show that organizational change from corporate level strategy to business level strategy and from operations strategy to lean manufacturing system should be necessary as a dynamic process. The study does contribute to the strategical change in Lean Manufacturing.

Keywords

Strategy, Business Strategy, Operations Strategy, Lean Strategy, Lean Manufacturing

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