Purpose

Studies addressing barriers to implement lean production (LP) from the perspective of risk management (RM) have not been so usual in the literature. Re-interpreting barriers to lean as potential risks that should be avoided or mitigated, this paper aims to identify and categorise risks in the implementation of LP to propose a framework, which provides an overview of risks that negatively influence this process.

Design/methodology/approach

Through a systematic literature review exploring papers in the Web of Knowledge database, 69 papers were selected. A descriptive analysis was first carried out to identify the evolution in the number of papers, usual terminologies, research methods, analytic tools and the RM phases approached by each paper. After that, an in-depth study of the paper sample was conducted to find risk factors and categories.

Findings

The authors found a list of 61 risk factors. Then, considering the sources of the identified risk factors, six broad categories of risks were defined, namely, top management risks, human resources risks, lean knowledge risks, technical risks, supply chain risks and cultural risks. The authors also defined 34 subcategories, resulting in a risk classification framework.

Research limitations/implications

Based on the review, the authors identified literature gaps and provided a research agenda. A noteworthy research limitation is that the authors only selected papers about LP, so the authors might have missed some potential risks in lean implementation that may arise from other-related areas. Thus, the exploration of lean risks adopting other perspectives may constitute a promising pathway for further research.

Practical implications

The classification framework may help practitioners and researchers in risk identification, evaluation and mitigation. It can also enable the creation of response plans to risks in lean production implementation, as it indicates the potential risks that may be faced along with this process.

Originality/value

This study contributed to add the perspective of RM to the literature on lean implementation. The introduction of RM concepts and tools may generate more robust models of lean implementation. Therefore, the classification framework may represent a starting point to produce new knowledge about this research topic.

中文翻译：

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探索精益生产实施中的风险：系统文献回顾与分类框架

目的

从风险管理 (RM) 的角度解决实施精益生产 (LP) 的障碍的研究在文献中并不常见。本文将精益障碍重新解释为应避免或减轻的潜在风险，旨在识别和分类 LP 实施中的风险，以提出一个框架，该框架概述了对该过程产生负面影响的风险。

设计/方法/方法

通过对 Web of Knowledge 数据库中论文的系统文献回顾，筛选出 69 篇论文。首先进行了描述性分析，以确定论文数量、常用术语、研究方法、分析工具和每篇论文所涉及的 RM 阶段的演变。之后，对论文样本进行了深入研究，以寻找风险因素和类别。

发现

作者发现了 61 个风险因素的清单。然后，根据已识别风险因素的来源，定义了六大类风险，即高层管理风险、人力资源风险、精益知识风险、技术风险、供应链风险和文化风险。作者还定义了 34 个子类别，形成了风险分类框架。

研究限制/影响

根据审查，作者确定了文献空白并提供了研究议程。一个值得注意的研究限制是作者只选择了关于 LP 的论文，因此作者可能错过了精益实施中可能来自其他相关领域的一些潜在风险。因此，采用其他视角探索精益风险可能构成进一步研究的有希望的途径。

实际影响

分类框架可以帮助从业者和研究人员进行风险识别、评估和缓解。它还可以创建对精益生产实施中风险的响应计划，因为它表明了在此过程中可能面临的潜在风险。

原创性/价值

这项研究有助于将 RM 的观点添加到关于精益实施的文献中。RM 概念和工具的引入可能会产生更强大的精益实施模型。因此，分类框架可能代表产生有关该研究主题的新知识的起点。