The study of adoption rate of production organization with lean thinking principles (Case study: Iran Tractor Manufacturing Company -Tabriz)

The aim of this paper is to study the adoption rate of Iran Tractor Manufacturing Company with lean thinking principles. Lean thinking is a solution for minimizing the costs and wastes and is a way to continuous productivity and value creation. Managers by deeply understanding of this paradigm could use its techniques and make their firms ready to competition. For this purpose in this paper first the theoretical background of lean thinking has been reviewed and its principles have been described. Afterwards a descriptive survey method has been used to inspect the adoption rate of Iran Tractor Manufacturing Company with lean thinking principles. The population of this study is 140 peoples of Iran Tractor Manufacturing Company including the experts, managers and supervisors. The sample insists of 50 people selected by chance. A questionnaire has been used to measure the score of each criteria of lean thinking. The results of study show that the criterion of specifying Value has the best and the criteria of perfection have the worst situation. At the conclusion some suggestions has been made to flow the firm toward the lean organizations.