Implementation of Lean Business Strategies : Evidence from Mexico

This research, identifies lean management practices and elements. Despite widespread interest and little empirical evidence to support its position in improving organization performance, there is little understanding of lean business strategy key organizational factors. This research identifies five elements of lean business practices. An instrument was developed to empirically analyze dimensions underlying the constructs of this study. To verify the results, cluster analysis was used to group organizations having different patterns of lean manufacturing practice implementation. The results confirm that lean organizations significantly differ from non-lean organizations with regard to manufacturing strategies having emphasis on cost and volume flexibility