Effect of Quality Lean Manufacturing Tools on Commercial Benefits Gained by Mexican Maquiladoras

Jorge Luis García Alcaraz, Flor Adriana Martínez Hernández, Jesús Everardo Olguín Tiznado, Arturo Realyvásquez Vargas, Emilio Jiménez Macías and Carlos Javierre Lardies
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Jorge Luis García Alcaraz: Department of Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez, Juarez 32310, Mexico
Flor Adriana Martínez Hernández: Department of Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez, Juarez 32310, Mexico
Jesús Everardo Olguín Tiznado: Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Design, Autonomous University of Baja California, Ensenada 22860, Mexico
Arturo Realyvásquez Vargas: Department of Industrial Engineering, Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana, Tijuana 22414, Mexico
Emilio Jiménez Macías: Department of Electric Engineering, University of La Rioja, 26006 La Rioja, Spain
Carlos Javierre Lardies: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain

Mathematics, 2021, vol. 9, issue 9, 1-15

Abstract: Companies implement lean manufacturing (LM) tools in their production processes to reduce waste; however, it is difficult to quantify the effect on benefits gained after their implementation. This article proposes a structural equations model (SEM) that relates three LM tools associated with quality as total quality management ( TQM ), waste, and right first time ( RFT ) as independent variables associated with commercial benefits gained as a dependent variable. Those four variables were related by six hypotheses that were validated with information from 169 responses to a survey applied to the Mexican maquiladora industry. Partial least squared was used to validate the hypotheses as direct effects. The sum of indirect and total effects was also estimated, and a sensitivity analysis was developed for relationships between variables. Findings indicate that TQM directly affects waste reduction, drives doing RFT, and directly and indirectly affects the commercial benefits gained.

Keywords: lean manufacturing; quality management; commercial performance; wastes; DIRFT (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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