THE MEDIATING ROLE OF MANUFACTURING PERFORMANCE ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LMP AND SUSTAINABILITY

Abstract

The achievements in manufacturing performance is able to enhance a firm’s manufacturing competitive capabilities and sustainability. In fact, sustainability has turned out to be the most vital strategic of the new millennium in the manufacturing organizations. Sustainability is not just to sustain present operational levels and break through the new markets, however it is very wide-ranging. Inversely, it will go advance than that by getting growth so that a company remains in business thriving into the future and keep on sustain the competitive advantages of business. Previous literature stated that the process through which organizations go to embrace sustainability so that can increase the development of the business. Lean manufacturing practices (LMP) can lead to competitive advantage by boosted the productivity and quality and as well as reducing the cost. LMP also considered as a manufacturing philosophy that engaged to global manufacturing excellence by adopting in the organizations. However, numerous studies found that some challenging relating the orientation of lean manufacturing operations system with sustainability goals and practices. For now, abundant of researchers found that manufacturing performance can arouse sustainability in the long term. Therefore, manufacturing performance (MP) is proposed as potential mediator on LMP and sustainability in the present study.