Lean Manufacturing and Productivity in companies: A Bibliographic Review and Future Lines of Research

Abstract

The Lean Manufacturing methodology can be applied in any type of company, whether production or service, in any area that requires changes, new strategies and constant analysis to see the situation in which it is leaving. Every company wants to be stable in the market, competitive and lower their costs without forgetting their objective, which is why they seek to improve their productivity in the production environment and the efficiency of their collaborators. A previous analysis of the situation is taken into account to recommend a Lean tool that is specified in the application with the aim of improving productivity. The objective of this literature article is to analyze the relationship between Lean Manufacturing and Productivity. In this way, it is concluded that Lean Manufacturing is applied and directly and significantly influences the Productivity of the area where the improvement of productivity is required with the use of Lean tools.