A NEW WAY OF THINKING BY COMPANY EMPLOYEES ACCORDING TO LEAN MANAGEMENT CONCEPT

Agnieszka GRZELCZAK

ABSTRACT: Lean Management is a management concept that creates a work culture at a company that makes all employees strive to continuously reduce costs, improve the quality and shorten delivery cycle to maximally meet customers’ expectations and adapt to the environment by eliminating any waste identified and integrating the activities connected with the stream creating customer value. The article is aimed at presenting the results of research on the Lean Management concepts in an enterprise, in particular concerning traditional and lean approach to production, conducted among the personnel of enterprises from Wielkopolska Region, Poland.

Keywords: Lean Management, traditional and lean approaches to production.