As wood and furniture industries have little knowledge of the implementation of lean manufacturing particularly in emerging economies, the purpose of this study is to analytically and systematically review the literature in this context. To this end, a multi-method approach was implemented in two ways. Firstly, a bibliometric method was performed to analyse the scientific literature and examine all general papers on lean manufacturing in the Scopus database—2879 articles published in leading journals from 1991 to 2019 were accordingly identified and analysed. Secondly, a methodological approach was employed to systematically review all papers focusing on the topic of lean manufacturing in the wood and furniture industries. After fine-tuning, 36 articles were considered to classify the research findings into three sections: (1) growth of research interest, (2) motives and application of lean practices, and (3) lean implementation status, organizational context, barriers, and challenges. The findings revealed that lean has gradually evolved over the years, but not for the wood and furniture industries. The vast amount of scholarly studies has contributed to successful lean implementation in developed countries. Moreover, the existing literature on lean in the context of wood and furniture industries have insufficient evidence levels, and their findings have not yet been widely accepted. Interestingly, the first publication on lean implementation in the wood and furniture industries was recorded in 2003, accordingly revealing that the lean concept is new for practitioners. The present study offers a valuable insight into the development of a lean implementation framework specifically for the wood and furniture industries and is the first attempt to examining the industry-level variable which can lead to new theoretical insight.

由于木材和家具行业对精益生产的实施了解甚少，尤其是在新兴经济体中，因此本研究的目的是在这种背景下分析和系统地回顾文献。为此，以两种方式实施了一种多方法方法。首先，采用文献计量法对科学文献进行分析，并检查Scopus数据库中有关精益制造的所有常规论文-相应地识别并分析了1991年至2019年领先期刊上发表的2879篇文章。其次，采用一种方法论方法来系统地复习所有以木材和家具行业中的精益制造为主题的论文。经过微调后，我们考虑了36篇文章将研究结果分为三个部分：（1）研究兴趣的增长；（2）精益实践的动机和应用；（3）精益实施的现状，组织环境，障碍和挑战。这些发现表明，这些年来，精益已经逐渐发展起来，但木材和家具行业却没有。大量的学术研究为发达国家成功实施精益生产做出了贡献。此外，在木材和家具行业中有关精益的现有文献证据水平不足，其发现尚未得到广泛接受。有趣的是，2003年记录了有关木材和家具行业中精益实施的第一本出版物，从而揭示了精益概念对于从业者来说是新的。