The impact of lean technologies on labour productivity in industrial enterprises

National enterprises are facing a very important task of increasing labour productivity as they need resources to operate in the conditions of personnel shortage and mobilization economy. Some of them have already accumulated certain experience of implementation of various management and technology innovations that allow to increase business efficiency; others use acceleration programs based on the lean technology implementation and provided by the state within the framework of the national project “Labour Productivity”. This makes it relevant to understand the previously accumulated experience in using lean manufacturing in the modern context. The purpose of the work is to study the experience of a number of industrial enterprises (RUSAL, NAPO, Elsib, SIBECO) on implementing the projects devoted to increasing labour productivity using lean technology, to summarize their implementation and make recommendations on how to apply them in national business. Methods of study involve analysis of the national manufacturing companies’ experience, interviews with experts, analysis of documents on the projects on increasing organization efficiency. The results of the study conducted allowed making the conclusion that implementation of lean technologies requires their adaptation to sectoral, regional, corporate specificity and further development to meet the demands business and state are facing. Analysis of the above mentioned companies’ experience has shown that despite the obvious effectiveness of using lean manufacturing to involve the employees into the system of constant improvements they fail to ensure proper direct growth of labour productivity. The recommendations can be used in the practice of the companies that are starting to implement lean technologies.

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