Lean principles adoption in environmental management system (EMS): A survey on ISO 14001 certified companies in Malaysia

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the characteristic of the lean principles in ISO 14001 and to propose linkage between lean principles and ISO 14001. Design/methodology/approach: To achieve the objective of the study, literature survey and quantitative research method using question...

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Main Authors: A. P., Puvanasvaran, M. R., Muhamad
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spelling my.utem.eprints.70492022-02-14T12:51:19Z http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/7049/ Lean principles adoption in environmental management system (EMS): A survey on ISO 14001 certified companies in Malaysia A. P., Puvanasvaran M. R., Muhamad HD28 Management. Industrial Management Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the characteristic of the lean principles in ISO 14001 and to propose linkage between lean principles and ISO 14001. Design/methodology/approach: To achieve the objective of the study, literature survey and quantitative research method using questionnaire survey are used. Findings and Originality/value: The findings of this study confirm that ISO 14001 certified company adopted lean production practices. The study also proves that lean principles have a positive and significant relationship with ISO 14001 EMS and the linkage can be made between lean principles and ISO 14001 to achieve Continual Improvement. Research limitations/implications: The small sample sizes of the participating companies are the main limitations of this study and this research mainly focus on the manufacturing environment and services industry in Malaysia. Practical implications: This research shows that all ISO 14001 companies do adopt at least one of lean production practices and the main findings are lean principles has positive and highly significant relationship with ISO 14001 requirements. This is because the integration of lean principles in ISO 14001 will serve practical methods for ISO14001 EMS to achieve the continual improvement. Omnia Science 2012 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/7049/1/486-3212-4-PB.pdf A. P., Puvanasvaran and M. R., Muhamad (2012) Lean principles adoption in environmental management system (EMS): A survey on ISO 14001 certified companies in Malaysia. Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management, 5 (2). pp. 406-430. ISSN 2013-8423
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Lean principles adoption in environmental management system (EMS): A survey on ISO 14001 certified companies in Malaysia
description Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the characteristic of the lean principles in ISO 14001 and to propose linkage between lean principles and ISO 14001. Design/methodology/approach: To achieve the objective of the study, literature survey and quantitative research method using questionnaire survey are used. Findings and Originality/value: The findings of this study confirm that ISO 14001 certified company adopted lean production practices. The study also proves that lean principles have a positive and significant relationship with ISO 14001 EMS and the linkage can be made between lean principles and ISO 14001 to achieve Continual Improvement. Research limitations/implications: The small sample sizes of the participating companies are the main limitations of this study and this research mainly focus on the manufacturing environment and services industry in Malaysia. Practical implications: This research shows that all ISO 14001 companies do adopt at least one of lean production practices and the main findings are lean principles has positive and highly significant relationship with ISO 14001 requirements. This is because the integration of lean principles in ISO 14001 will serve practical methods for ISO14001 EMS to achieve the continual improvement.
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title Lean principles adoption in environmental management system (EMS): A survey on ISO 14001 certified companies in Malaysia
title_short Lean principles adoption in environmental management system (EMS): A survey on ISO 14001 certified companies in Malaysia
title_full Lean principles adoption in environmental management system (EMS): A survey on ISO 14001 certified companies in Malaysia
title_fullStr Lean principles adoption in environmental management system (EMS): A survey on ISO 14001 certified companies in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Lean principles adoption in environmental management system (EMS): A survey on ISO 14001 certified companies in Malaysia
title_sort lean principles adoption in environmental management system (ems): a survey on iso 14001 certified companies in malaysia
publisher Omnia Science
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