Mature Relationships as a Symptom of Lean Management – Preparatory Research
Mature Relationships as a Symptom of Lean Management – Preparatory Research

Summary/Abstract: The subject of this paper – being preparatory research – are the determinantsof a maturity level of the relationships created by the companies operating in the agricultural machinery sector. The research was conducted from the perspective of small, medium, and large companies. The fundamental objective of the carried-out research is an attempt to answer the question: what desiderata – from the point of ew of manufacturers of the agricultural machinery sector – are essential when assessing the maturity level of the relationships created by them? The achievement of the main objective required formulation and achievement of partial objectives, which included: Determining the significance of the relationships from the perspective of lean management;• By using the reconstruction and interpretation methods of the subject literature– nomination of desiderata determining the maturity level of the relationships created by the companies operating in the agricultural machinery sector; Compiling a research model in the form of an assessment sheet being a resultant of literature studies and a discussion among deliberately selected experts associate with the agricultural machinery sector. The specified explications became a substrate that defines the correct direction for further research works (research model verification), the results of which will be presented in the subsequent part of the study.

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