LEAN Management (LPDS) and its Application in achieving Sustainable Development in Bangladesh
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LPDS has been there for generations after generation but TMC has rejuvenated the idea adapting more smarter management practices aimed at minimizing or eliminating waste by empowering customers. Hence Lean is about Management, Workers and the Trust that binds them together. TMC has fine tuned the technique and made it more socially responsible and kind to the environment. Currently Lean is leading green revolution and efforts are being made to become green throughout their supply chain. Lean implementation has changed corporate culture, tradition and ways of conducting work forever. It is a process of continual improvement by plugging the loopholes through the identification of sources of inefficiencies and wastages. A dynamic leadership equipped with lean knowledge, and experience can provide the necessary momentum and the incentive to bring ecologically sustainable development adhering with the process of Lean transformation. The years 1979-1985 have been identified as the "Resistant Adaptation". The second stage, the mid 1980s has been identified as companies "embracing environmental issues without innovation". The third stage of the late 1980s consisted of "Reactive" organizations using "end-of-pipe" solutions for treating waste, but little efforts to prevent waste production. In the "receptive" stage, the early 1990s the organizations began to see environmental considerations as a source of competitive advantage. Mid 1990s witnessed the "constructive" stage when organization began to adopt a resource-productivity framework to maximize benefits attained from environmental initiatives (Fliedner, 2013). The UN introduction of Triple Bottom Line Principles (Economic, social and environmental value) has greatly raised public awareness. Nations around the world were obligated to formulate stringent regulatory requirement for manufacturing and other service industries to bring ecologically sustainable development.
The UN Charter coupled with stringent regulatory requirements along with increasing resource price and elevated cost of proper disposal has forced giant companies to bring corporate social responsibility in their company manifesto. The development of world class sustainable program typically proceeds is a step wise fashion (Fliedner, 2013). First, processbased capabilities are instilled internally in a single set (vertically). Second, step dominated integration and coordination of several activities (horizontal). In the last step, services based industries developed network-based production chain and included value chain partners to achieve sustainable development. The underlying philosophy of Lean Management principles are waste minimization or no waste at all. Sustainability is an extension of Lean Principles. With that slogan in their corporate agenda Lean is constantly thriving and searching and introducing ways and means to make their manufacturing process and services ecologically sustainable and more sympathetic to the environment. Lean Principles are being increasingly adapted by firms and organization as they learn more about Lean principles and their benefits to achieve ecologically sustainable development
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