Critical Success Factors for the Implementation of the Synchronized Production System

Abstract

The implementation of a synchronized production system is a long and consistent process that runs many years and requires involvement of executives and employees. The statistics of the implementation practice shows that only about 10 percent of attempts to introduce this production system are successful, whereas the remaining 90 percent intentions fail (Lean Institute, Germany). This article aims to examine critical success factors for the implementation of the synchronized production system. The article defines the concept of the synchronized production system, the multitude of similar concepts used and the complexity of their definition, reveals the critical success factors for the implementation of the synchronized production system, presents an overview of the implementation results as the main success factors of the synchronized production system in Lithuanian industrial companies.

http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ss.71.2.535