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              <text>THE EFFICACY OF LEAN MANUFACTURING ON ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE. A&#13;
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              <text>The impact of Lean Manufacturing (LM) on organisational performance is an ongoing&#13;
discussion globally. Zimbabwean companies have implemented LM tools for operational&#13;
performance across various industries. The Beverage industry has also been identified to be&#13;
focusing on initiatives such as developing products that are less expensive, sell better and faster&#13;
for it to remain competitive and reclaiming market shares, sales revenue and profitable in&#13;
today's global market. The primary goal of this study was to determine the efficacy and viability&#13;
of lean manufacturing processes at Zimbabwean Beverages production plants. The study used&#13;
a qualitative research methodology, which yielded in-depth, detailed and rich data from human&#13;
viewpoints and experiences resulting in a realistic understanding that was interpreted using the&#13;
participants' social and cultural context. A total of thirty participants were purposeful selected&#13;
based on their knowledge of the phenomenon under investigation. Physical face-to-face&#13;
interviews, Ms team interviews, and focus groups responded to semi-structured interviews in&#13;
data collection. Document analysis was used to collect data. The study found out that&#13;
Zimbabwean Companies have not fully adopted lean manufacturing because of scepticism&#13;
from management on the cost involved and the fear of losing jobs by the shop floor workers.&#13;
The study however unearthed that manufacturing companies would benefit from lean&#13;
manufacturing principles performance. Overwhelming evidence availed was that by&#13;
implementing lean tools such as JIT methods, the organizations would be able to cut waste,&#13;
reduce inventory holding costs and develop supplier relationships. TPM and VSM were found&#13;
to have the potential to improve productivity and quality. The study recommends that suitable&#13;
training programs should be designed to provide management with knowledge and skills to&#13;
apply the positive traits to incorporate the lean concept into the organizations. and through buy-&#13;
in from shop floor workforce increase company performance.</text>
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