Lean readiness level of the Azerbaijan construction industry

Hajibaba Aghayev; Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes; Simon Peter Nadeem; Anil Kumar; Vikas Kumar; Luis Rocha-Lona; Fernando González-Aleu

Lean readiness level of the Azerbaijan construction industry

Hajibaba Aghayev, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, Simon Peter Nadeem, Anil Kumar, Vikas Kumar, Luis Rocha-Lona, Fernando González-Aleu

Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica

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Abstract

This paper identifies and measures the Lean readiness of the Azerbaijan construction industry. A survey questionnaire was utilised to evaluate the Lean readiness of this industry by measuring its quality practices and to test three hypotheses. The Lean readiness framework developed by Al-Najem et al. (2013) was taken as a basis for this study; however, there can also be seen some adaptations made from the framework developed by Diekmann et al. (2003). The questionnaire was sent to 57 Azerbaijan construction companies, from where 20 responses were obtained. The results derived from the questionnaire showed that the Azerbaijan construction industry is not ready to implement the Lean methodology. It also found that there remains a lack of trust between employee and employer relations. Lastly, it is evident that the size of the companies does not play any considerable role on Lean readiness of construction companies and does not make any sense for choosing construction prerequisites. This study can be beneficial for those Azerbaijan construction companies that are interested in the implementation of Lean construction, or which are interested to increase their level of competitiveness.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
Publisher	IEOM Society
Pages	409-420
Number of pages	12
Edition	March
ISBN (Print)	9781532359491, 9781532359514, 9781532359521
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	10th Annual International IEOM Conference, IEOM 2020 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates Duration: 10 Mar 2020 → 12 Mar 2020

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
Number	March
Volume	0
ISSN (Electronic)	2169-8767

Conference

Conference	10th Annual International IEOM Conference, IEOM 2020
Country/Territory	United Arab Emirates
City	Dubai
Period	10/3/20 → 12/3/20

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© IEOM Society International.

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Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Strategy and Management
Management Science and Operations Research
Control and Systems Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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Aghayev, H., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Nadeem, S. P., Kumar, A., Kumar, V., Rocha-Lona, L., & González-Aleu, F. (2020). Lean readiness level of the Azerbaijan construction industry. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (March ed., pp. 409-420). (Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management; Vol. 0, No. March). IEOM Society.

Aghayev, Hajibaba ; Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo ; Nadeem, Simon Peter et al. / Lean readiness level of the Azerbaijan construction industry. Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. March. ed. IEOM Society, 2020. pp. 409-420 (Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management; March).

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