Lean Manufacturing Practices
OperationsReliability: alpha 0.914 sample items
About this scale
A multi-item measure of lean manufacturing practices across multiple bundles: just-in-time, total quality management, total preventive maintenance, and human-resource management for lean.
Sample item(s)
“We use kanban systems for inventory control (JIT)”
“We use statistical process control for quality (TQM)”
“We use preventive maintenance to keep equipment running (TPM)”
“Employees are cross-trained across multiple work areas (HRM)”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.91. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Standard lean measurement.
Source & citation
Shah, R., & Ward, P. T. (2007): Defining and developing measures of lean production. Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 785–805.
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