Torbjørn H. Netland

TL;DR: In this article, a survey asked 432 practitioners from 83 factories belonging to two multinational companies for their opinions about what managers should do to ensure the success of the factory-level implementation of lean production.

TL;DR: This paper examined how management control practices relate to the implementation of a corporate lean program at the factory level and found that using dedicated teams to lead the lean program, developing and frequently reviewing lean-focused performance reports, and using non-financial rewards linked to lean implementation are favorably associated with more extensive implementation of lean practices in the factories.

TL;DR: In this paper, the main XPS principles of 30 renowned multinationals are analyzed for similarities and differences and five propositions regarding the uniqueness of XPSs are derived from universalistic versus contingent perspectives on improvement programmes.

TL;DR: This paper examined how management control practices relate to the implementation of a corporate lean program at the factory level and found that using dedicated teams to lead the lean program, developing and frequently reviewing lean-focused performance reports, and using non-financial rewards linked to lean implementation are favorably associated with more extensive implementation of lean practices in the factories.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that misplaced expectations of how quickly these programs can improve performance can make their implementation difficult and reduce their benefits, and they believe that if managers better understood the rates at which lean programs produce their improvements, then implementations would go more smoothly, leading to further increases in overall productivity.