Lean manufacturing as a tool for increasing labor productivity at the enterprise

Abstract

Since the beginning of utilization of the lean production concept it has passed several stages of implementation. The first stage failed because manufacturers that introduced lean production methods were isolated from each other; whereas in the second stage, these companies learned from their experiences. Since then, the lean production concept has been used to organize production and reduce costs, despite the fact that markets are becoming more demanding due to individualization of demand and variability of conditions. Digitalization suggests methods for adapting the concept of lean production to such a market indicator as company performance. Thus, the utilization of the concept “Industry 4.0” can initiate the third stage of development of the practice of lean manufacturing in terms of analyzing the productivity from a multidimensional point of view.