Measuring Leanness and Agility of Job Shops: A Rating Scale Based on Expert Consensus

Zaki Kuruppalil^1,

¹Engineering Technology & Management, Ohio University, Athens, USA

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Zaki Kuruppalil. Measuring Leanness and Agility of Job Shops: A Rating Scale Based on Expert Consensus. Journal of Business and Management Sciences. 2018; 6(3):112-117. doi: 10.12691/JBMS-6-3-8

Abstract

The importance for job shops in manufacturing spectrum is increasing as the market requires low volume, high quality, custom and specific products. With global competition towards customization, job shops are striving to streamline their operations for better yield and exceed customer expectations by shorter speed to market and maintaining budgetary confinements of customer. In that scenario, both lean and agile manufacturing strategies are important to job shops for improving efficiencies and responding to rapidly changing customer needs. This paper presents a rapid assessment tool for job shops to determine where they stand in terms of exhibiting lean and agile characteristics.

Keywords

lean, agile, job shop, leanness, agility

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