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Managing Lean Principles applicability and implementation in the mining industry in Ghana. A Review Paper on Related Literature.

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Title Managing Lean Principles applicability and implementation in the mining industry in Ghana. A Review Paper on Related Literature.
 
Creator Ofori-Okyere, Isaac
Atanga, Renas Ayebono
Okine, Bernard Adjetey
 
Description This paper reviewed both theoretical and empirical literature on lean applicability in the mining industry in Ghana. The paper seeks to explore variables, which may be considered in lean applicability and implementation in the mining industry on: principles that are identified with the lean strategies application; assess the various tools that are adopted for the lean implementation; determine how the lean management strategies are applied in the mining industry; explore the main benefits derived by the players in the mining industry for adopting lean strategies; and finally, identify the challenges that confront mining companies in their quest of adopting lean strategies. It is concluded that leanness as a management principle can successfully be applied to any sector of the economy. Base on such premise (postulation), it is worthy of mention that there is evidence of great advances regarding leanness as a management practice in the mining industry across the globe.
 
Publisher Archives of Business Research
 
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Date 2016-12-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.scholarpublishing.org/index.php/ABR/article/view/2422
10.14738/abr.46.2422
 
Source Archives of Business Research; Vol 4, No 6 (2016): Archives of Business Research
2054-7404
10.14738/abr.46.2016
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.scholarpublishing.org/index.php/ABR/article/view/2422/1476
 
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