• EDWIN JOY PULIKKOTTIL
• KISHORE K S

The lean implementation initiatives can be categorized as roadmap, conceptual/implementation frameworks, descriptive and assessment checklist initiatives. A literature review on the lean initiatives has examined 2 initiatives. A set of rules is proposed to evaluate these initiatives with respect to nine factors impacting lean implementation. The evaluation has proved that the implementation frameworks have highest association with lean factors. However existing lean initiatives are not demonstrated in a structured nature. The failure in managing lean implementation process is often consolidated to poor mind-set and inadequate understanding of the lean concept itself.In this project an attempt as been made to proposed a framework to overcome some of the limitations. The proposed framework is constructed as a project-based framework with detailed four implementation phase. Appropriate practise and decision tools are prosed and assigned to each phase. However the proposed framework is at conceptual stage. It requires further implementation to be validated. This paper aims at providing a lean implementation framework, which takes into consideration the strengths and weaknesses of the existing framework, for easy and effective lean manufacturing implementation by the managers/practitioners. A review of 22 existing lean implementation frameworks has been done to identify the strengths and weaknesses of existing models. A lean manufacturing implementation framework is proposed by leveraging these strengths and mitigating the weaknesses. The novelty of the proposed framework is that it provides easy to understand steps to be followed during pre-implementation and post-implementation phases for easy understanding and self-assessment at critical milestones

Continuous improvement, kaizen idea, 5s kaizen, lean manufacturing

"A FrameWork For Lean Manufacturing Implementation", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.85-88, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904I15.pdf

"A FrameWork For Lean Manufacturing Implementation", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp85-88, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904I15.pdf