Mature Relationships as a Symptom of Lean Management – Recognition among Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers
Mature Relationships as a Symptom of Lean Management – Recognition among Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers

Summary/Abstract: Abstract: The fundamental objective of this paper is an attempt to reply to the question about a level of maturity of relationships created by the companies operating in the agricultural machinery sector. Within the framework of the project, the research, the objective of which was to recognise factors, tools, methods and solutions oriented towards the relationships,used by the surveyed companies, was taken. The main objective achievement required – in the first part of the study – to formulate and implement partial tasks, which included, on the one hand, the literature query remaining in a direct relationship with the research subject (theoretical and design dimension), and on the other hand – in order to determine the level, scope and structure of the relationship shaping mechanisms formulated by companies – empirical verification, the results of which were presented in the submitted study. The need to shape the relationships should result from the company’s efforts to implement the assumed strategy. It will be met by the concept of lean management, which originally referred to the improvement of manufacturing processes, and it is currently treated more broadly, and it is related to the improvement of the entire organisation operation. No correlation between relational competence and the lean management strategy leads to ineffective use of resources, loss of employees’ confidence, and a decrease in the number of the clients. Therefore, it is so important to decomposethe relationship shaping mechanisms formulated by the companies, and then, to carry out their operationalisation.

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