A Literature Review: Contribution made by Lean Green towards the Productivity Improvement of the Business

Abstract

Application: Productivity is considered as the measurement of the organizational performance in the viewpoint of the utilization of its resources. Therefore, many organizations make an attempt to improve their productivity by applying many different business strategies, but many are futile to achieve the desired goals due to the overlapping of different aspects. Lean Manufacturing system which is integrated with Green concept called “Green Lean (GL)”is focused on the best organizational performance as well as the minimizing environmental impact caused by business operations. This concept helps to the productivity development in different aspects of the business without overlapping environmental aspects issues and the productivity aspects issues. Purpose: The objective of this research paper is to review the existing literature on how the concept of “Green Lean” makes a significant Contribution towards the improvement of productivity in the business. Approach: This study is qualitative in nature which considered existing peer reviewed research papers related to the Green Lean concept application Published in google scholar and other reputed Journals. The contents analysis method is used as the analysis method of the study. Findings: The analysis data revealed that the Green Lean Concept will significantly contribute to the improvement of Productivity in the viewpoint of three aspects such as Technical Productivity, Social Productivity, and Greener productivity. Technical productivity is improved under the Green Lean concept in the form of improving efficiency and the effectiveness of the business activities. It acts as the problem-solving tool, value and wealth generation strategy, production cost reduction method which are focused on technical productivity improvement. Social productivity is improved under the Green Lean concept in the foam of sharing goals among office mates, Team participation, workforce Management, Family ties. Greener productivity is improved under Green Lean concept in the foam of one of the waste reduction strategies in the businesses. It will contribute to the Improvement of the Technical productivity as well.