Implementation of Lean Management in Small and Medium-sized Agri-food Enterprises in Burkina Faso

Abstract

In Burkina Faso, small and medium-sized agri-food enterprises (SMEs) lack production management tools. The objective of this article is to conduct a literature review on the practice of lean management in order to identify possible solutions for adapting these tools to small and medium-sized agri-food industrial enterprises in Burkina Faso. After analyzing several scientific studies, it emerged that the companies that use lean management are mainly manufacturing and agri-food industries. Thus, the tools and/or methods most used and the difficulties of implementing lean were identified. These results made it possible to propose the Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED), Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and Seiri, Seiton, Seiso, Seiktsu and Sitshuke (5S) for the implementation of lean management to be adapted to SMEs from a specific context in Burkina Faso. These possible solutions provide an approach to Lean management that focuses on what is holding back its use in agri-food SMEs. These adaptations aim to improve efficiency and productivity within these companies.