Lean Manufacturing as an Element of Strategy

and the Path to the Knowledge Management Model

Dr. A.D. Vorob'ev, Associate Professor, Department of State and Municipal Management, Vyatka State University, Kirov, Russia, vorobiov-ad@mail.ru

key words

lean manufacturing, strategic management, knowledge management, self-organization

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I am convinced that the lean production methodology should form the basis of the company’s strategic development. The strategy model of innovation type, based on the methodology of knowledge management model will become the direct implementation of strategy. I have shown the connection between lean manufacturing and strategic management at the enterprise. I have considered out the knowledge management model as a variant of strategy model. I believe it can significantly expand opportunities of lean manufacturing concept and realize the innovative approach while organization’s strategy development. The unified scheme of strategic analysis is used in strategic management, the information system becomes the main instrument. I have described the models in which methodologies the author’s approach is implemented, and their implementation is a complex, ongoing process.

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