Lean and QRM: different or similar? A review of the literature

Authors

  • Fernando José Gómez Paredes UFSCar-UCA
  • Dr. Moacir Godinho Filho UFSCar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5585/exactaep.v15n1.6844

Keywords:

Complementarities. Quick Response Manufacturing. Literature review. Lean Manufacturing.

Abstract

Some approaches have emerged in order to increase companies’ performance in their operations.  Lean Manufacturing is among them, in virtue of its productivity improvement, as well as Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM), for its high-variety strategy. However, the literature has not elucidated yet how to use together these two approaches or whether they complement each other.  The aim of this article is to find similarities, differences, and complementarities of both approaches.  To achieve this, we used a literature review, classifying papers mainly by the type of approach and cited tools.  The main differences found were related to production systems and their performance indicators.  The principal similarities were in waste-reduction strategies, cell grouping and setup reduction.  The main complementarity were found in increasing flexibility from QRM to Lean in production as well as in supply chains.  Future research may empirically explore a combination of the two approaches.

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Author Biographies

Fernando José Gómez Paredes, UFSCar-UCA

Pós-graduando de Engenharia de Produção na UFSCar

Docente de Operações e Sistemas para Engenharia de Produção, UCA - El Salvador.

 

Dr. Moacir Godinho Filho, UFSCar

Professor de Engenharia de Produção, Universidade Federal de São Carlos

Published

2017-03-27

How to Cite

Gómez Paredes, F. J., & Godinho Filho, D. M. (2017). Lean and QRM: different or similar? A review of the literature. Exacta, 15(1), 137–154. https://doi.org/10.5585/exactaep.v15n1.6844