Investigating the impacts of ISO 9001 certification on lean manufacturing and supply chain relationship: an empirical analysis
International Journal of Lean Six Sigma
ISSN: 2040-4166
Article publication date: 26 June 2021
Issue publication date: 28 January 2022
Abstract
Purpose
This research examines the impacts of ISO 9001 certification on lean manufacturing (LM), supply chain relationship (SCR) and their sub-constructs
Design/methodology/approach
Data was collected from 516 manufacturers in Thailand. Structural equation modeling was applied to analyze the hypotheses
Findings
It was found that ISO 9001 certification significantly affects overall LM, its facility and quality sub-constructs, overall SCR, its supplier coordination, customer collaboration and customer coordination sub-constructs. ISO 9001 has insignificant impacts on production, purchasing and distribution of LM, and supplier collaboration of SCR.
Originality/value
This study is one of the first research to present insights into the impacts of ISO 9001 as a certificate rather than as a set of management practices on LM, SCR and their sub-constructs
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Acknowledgements
The author would like to thank the Faculty of Engineering of Mahidol University for research funds; thank the editor and anonymous referees for their constructive reviews; and thank Graham K. Rogers and Parinya Siriattakul for their language editing and valuable comments.
Citation
Vanichchinchai, A. (2022), "Investigating the impacts of ISO 9001 certification on lean manufacturing and supply chain relationship: an empirical analysis", International Journal of Lean Six Sigma, Vol. 13 No. 1, pp. 232-252. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLSS-10-2020-0164
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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