The Significance of Lean Culture in Warehouse Management

The aim of the paper is to present the essence and benefits of the application of the Lean Management concept, both from the theoretical and empirical point of view (case study). The paper consists of two parts. In the first theoretical part there has been presented the concept of Lean Management, the main characteristics, the rules for the implementation and the advantages. In the second entirely empirical part there have been analyzed the results of the implementation of the Lean concept in warehouse management of the analyzed company. There has been carried out the assessment of the implementation of the discussed concept by means of the guidance of specialists dealing with lean management conducting Lean training in the surveyed company. Lean management has huge impact on the improvement in innovativeness and competitiveness of the analyzed company on the Polish market.