Evaluation of the Reality of the Lean Supply Chain Characteristics , A survey of the Views of the Administrative Leaders in General Company for the Manufacture of Ready-Made Clothes in Mosul

Abstract

The present research deal with one of Contemporary themes in production and logistic field on which is presented by lean supply chain. To evaluate the actual reality of the characteristics of the chain, the researcher conducted a survey of the views of a sample of ( 33) administrative leaders in the company, using a checklist prepared for this purpose, which was distributed to that sample and was completely returned. Some appropriate statistical means were used to process and analyze the data. In light of the results of the analysis ,the research reach a number of conclusions, the most important was, there is an interest of the surveyed company's management in applying the characteristics of the lean supply chain adopted by the research. The research also introduced a number of suggestions on this matter, including the need to strengthen the management efforts of the company towards cultural change, as the basis for each process of change and renewal, specifically its lean supply chain.