Tag
lean_manufacturing
3 findings
Firms & operationsInformational Barriers to Management Practice AdoptionAt baseline, 45% of non-adoption of common operational practices stemmed from incorrect information regarding profitability, while 64% of non-adoption of uncommon practices was caused by a complete lack of awareness.RCTFirms & operationsManagement Practice ComplementaritiesControl plants adopted data collection practices increasing practice scores by 12.0 percentage points, but achieved negligible productivity improvements compared to treatment plants, which implemented full complementary review systems and increased TFP by 16.6% (p = 0.061).RCTFirms & operationsPreventive Maintenance versus Run-to-Failure Operational BiasBaseline adoption of manufacturer-recommended preventive maintenance was only 7.1% in treatment plants; adopting regular preventive maintenance and logging breakdown causes contributed to reducing machine downtime and raising fabric weaving output by 9.4%.RCT