CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Corporate Social Responsibility



Corporate social responsibility

Introduction

Lean management, was first introduced in Toyota factories (Toyota Production System) over the 70 years, is a rather complex system of organization. The objective was to improve the best process performance by exploiting the methods, techniques and practices currently available. Active resolution of production problems and therefore declining stocks, the fight against waste and reducing defects, just in time, the production flow from and deadline management, flexibility and effective management skills, as well as cost reduction, are integral parts of the process. Lean productions, if implemented correctly, possess many advantages which can give the companies' productivity major boost. In return, they will obtain a major competitive advantage over traditional process.

Lean production gained another major boost in the 21st century where growing alternate taste and custom orders gained pace. Growing demand gave lean producers the ability to cater much easily compared to ford style mass production system. This paper discusses the article relating to the corporate social responsibility published on a website (businessrespect.com), in this article the author has mentioned the fact that Lean, like any other method of improving productivity, is closely related to the vocation of an industrialist but have grown to the point where they represent a major national risk.

Things look different when companies adopt lean management as a cornerstone of its philosophy and implementation. If the management company considers its own again from outside the company culture uses a seismograph of the internal situation and the organization is thus able to respond appropriately to the market. In this case it would mean the companies are lean because they want to be lean. Such an attitude is not directed primarily to the saving of resources, but for efficiency and transparency. And the company does today fit for the future.

Discussion

Lean production has its own criticism and weakness such as the unlimited working hours. That is, managers have full control over working hours which means that if production quotas are not met then workers have to work for extra time regardless of what was the cause of this delay. The article mentions that this causes stress and sense of urgency that is felt by workers and can eventually lead to social problems. Secondly, the working environment of lean production involves doing repetitive task which can lead to health and safety problems, especially if combined with long working hours and intense pace. ...