Manufacturing organizations have adopted the concept of lean manufacturing in order to\ndevelop the quality of their products and decrease their wastes. This is done by guarantee\nthat products are evaluate or assessed at each and every stage hence costs are decreased.\nThe objective of this study was to investigate the lean manufacturing apply in small\nmanufacturers companies in Romania and to observe the level of accepting of the concept.\nThe implementation and benefits of the lean manufacturing refer to level of education of\nemployees.This research is a cross sectional study which is conducted as an email survey.\nAccordingly, 25 companies have been surveyed to investigate the tendency for small\nmanufacturers entreprises in Romania to analyse the existence of lean methods for the\napplication in this type of organization and difficulties in the implementation stage and to\nidentify the critical success factors. The results of this preliminary study should illustrate\nthe existing hidden potential in small and medium sized enterprises and it is found that 87%\nof factories in this survey indicated that the employees need lean training. Awareness of the\nexistence of such needs can help management and training providers to establish\nappropriate preparation strategies for the successful implementation of a lean program in\nSMEs
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