Implementing selected tools of Lean Management in an enterprise with non-series process

Abstract

The article focuses primarily on the implementing of selected tools of Lean Management in the functioning of an enterprise with non-series manufacturing process. The aim is to present the possibilities of implementation of selected solutions in an enterprise which is the subject of the study. The article puts forward the essential concept of Lean Management. It contains information concerning, among other things, the specifics of this concept, the benefits of its implementation in an enterprise, and expenditure to be incurred in order to begin its practice. The paper presents selected, and at the same, basic tools used in Lean Management and includes practical aspects of the application of Lean Management in an enterprise with non-series process. Paper type: Research Paper Published online: 10 July 2017 Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 247–258 DOI: 10.21008/j.2083-4950.2017.7.3.6 ISSN 2083-4942 (Print) ISSN 2083-4950 (Online) © 2017 Poznan University of Technology. All rights reserved.