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The paper aim to investigate lean production approach in Nigeria manufacturing sector. It is imperative to look into the relevance of adopting lean production in the manufacturing sector and how lean practices influence performance. Therefore, the study further reviews some relevant issues in the aspect of lean production practices in manufacturing companies and the acceptance of this aspect to help to meet organizational performance. Based on this analysis, the study applied a contemporary systematic review of literature from lean production as a methodical approach for the study using various books and selected articles from journals. The study further drawn some conclusions on the importance of lean production in relation to productivity in the manufacturing industry. The findings from the conceptual review show that there is no dissension in adopting lean production in the manufacturing sector; the acceptance or approval of lean practices will provide the desired support and quality that are important to improved performance in manufacturing companies. The study argues that the manufacturing sector will have control over waste minimization and cost reduction that will meet better quality and improved performance. Further, findings show that the manufacturing sector should accept the variant of lean production if performance improvement is to be achieved through adaptation in the manufacturing sector. Therefore, this review serves as a resource for researchers and lean managers at a fundamental level to contribute to the input and implementation of lean approaches. Future studies need to establish the empirical relationship or a quantitative approach between the various dimension of lean by testing hypotheses on the lean-approach. The model can be used to measure the adoption of lean production and the level of performance improvement in the context of pure service. This, implications are discussed in the study.
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