摘要:This paper analyzes the relationships between the competitive priorities of operations and the principles and enablers of lean manufacturing, identifying and understanding the existence of different degrees of implementation of lean manufacturing’s principles and enablers for different competitive priorities. Using two exploratory case studies conducted in 2010 with operations managers from Brazilian auto part manufacturers it was concluded that although some of lean manufacturing’s principles and enablers have similar impacts on two or more competitive priorities, the competitive priority costs requires a greater degree of implementation of lean manufacturing's principles and enablers than the competitive priority quality, creating an allusion to the sand cone theory of competitive priorities.
关键词:Lean manufacturing; operations strategy; competitive priorities; auto part manufacturers; case study; Brazil