TY - GEN
T1 - Lean readiness level of the Azerbaijan construction industry
AU - Aghayev, Hajibaba
AU - Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo
AU - Nadeem, Simon Peter
AU - Kumar, Anil
AU - Kumar, Vikas
AU - Rocha-Lona, Luis
AU - González-Aleu, Fernando
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© IEOM Society International.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This paper identifies and measures the Lean readiness of the Azerbaijan construction industry. A survey questionnaire was utilised to evaluate the Lean readiness of this industry by measuring its quality practices and to test three hypotheses. The Lean readiness framework developed by Al-Najem et al. (2013) was taken as a basis for this study; however, there can also be seen some adaptations made from the framework developed by Diekmann et al. (2003). The questionnaire was sent to 57 Azerbaijan construction companies, from where 20 responses were obtained. The results derived from the questionnaire showed that the Azerbaijan construction industry is not ready to implement the Lean methodology. It also found that there remains a lack of trust between employee and employer relations. Lastly, it is evident that the size of the companies does not play any considerable role on Lean readiness of construction companies and does not make any sense for choosing construction prerequisites. This study can be beneficial for those Azerbaijan construction companies that are interested in the implementation of Lean construction, or which are interested to increase their level of competitiveness.
AB - This paper identifies and measures the Lean readiness of the Azerbaijan construction industry. A survey questionnaire was utilised to evaluate the Lean readiness of this industry by measuring its quality practices and to test three hypotheses. The Lean readiness framework developed by Al-Najem et al. (2013) was taken as a basis for this study; however, there can also be seen some adaptations made from the framework developed by Diekmann et al. (2003). The questionnaire was sent to 57 Azerbaijan construction companies, from where 20 responses were obtained. The results derived from the questionnaire showed that the Azerbaijan construction industry is not ready to implement the Lean methodology. It also found that there remains a lack of trust between employee and employer relations. Lastly, it is evident that the size of the companies does not play any considerable role on Lean readiness of construction companies and does not make any sense for choosing construction prerequisites. This study can be beneficial for those Azerbaijan construction companies that are interested in the implementation of Lean construction, or which are interested to increase their level of competitiveness.
KW - Azerbaijan
KW - Construction industry
KW - Lean
KW - Lean readiness
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M3 - Contribución a la conferencia
AN - SCOPUS:85089011575
SN - 9781532359491
SN - 9781532359514
SN - 9781532359521
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
SP - 409
EP - 420
BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
PB - IEOM Society
T2 - 10th Annual International IEOM Conference, IEOM 2020
Y2 - 10 March 2020 through 12 March 2020
ER -