Research on the Process Management System of Manufacturing Enterprises Based on Lean Production

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62517/jiem.202603112

Author(s)

Xinyuan Zhao*

Affiliation(s)

Business School, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, Shandong, China *Corresponding Author

Abstract

Against the backdrop of rapid global economic development and increasingly fierce market competition, manufacturing enterprises are confronted with multiple challenges such as sluggish improvement in production efficiency, high operating costs, and continuously rising quality requirements. Lean production, as an advanced management concept oriented towards eliminating waste, continuous improvement, and customer value, has become an important path for manufacturing enterprises to achieve transformation and upgrading. Based on the lean production ideology, this paper systematically explores the construction path of the process management system in manufacturing enterprises and takes a certain manufacturing enterprise as an example to analyze its specific practices in promoting lean production. The research proposes that through four key links: process diagnosis and analysis, lean solution design and implementation, process standardization and solidification, and performance evaluation and continuous improvement, process optimization and management system integration can be effectively achieved. Practice shows that this system has significantly shortened the product cycle, improved the qualification rate and production capacity, providing theoretical and practical support for enterprises to enhance market competitiveness and achieve sustainable development.

Keywords

Lean Production; Process Management; Manufacturing Industry; Process Optimization; Continuous Follow-up

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