Importance of Lean Management in a Contemporary Enterprise – Research Results

Lean Management is a management concept that creates a work culture at a company that makes all employees strive to continuously reduce costs, improve the quality and shorten delivery cycle to maximally meet customers’ expectations and adapt to the environment by eliminating any waste identified and integrating the activities connected with the stream creating customer value. The article is aimed at presenting the results of research on the Lean Management concepts in a modem enterprise, conducted among the personnel of enterprises from Wielkopolska, Poland.