DIP: 18.02.112/20261102 
DOI: 10.25215/2455/1102112 
Abstract
The present research explores the effect of LM principles on operational performance within a confectionary production setting, using structured questionnaire responses from 60 respondents in six functional departments IBM SPSS was used for conducting seven data analysis methods, which include cross-tabulation with Chi-Square test, reliability test (Cronbach’s Alpha = 0.918), one-way ANOVA, multivariate regression, Pearson correlation coefficient, frequency distribution, and descriptive analysis. It was concluded that organization of work according to the 5S methodology (β = 0.381, p = .022) and Just-in-time (β = 0.270, p = .016) are the main predictors of productivity improvement and account for 56.8% variance (R² = 0.568). Pearson correlation confirms the interrelationship between managerial support and employee involvement as the most correlated variables (r = 0.768), which proves the person-based approach to implementing lean systems. Absence of training constitutes the biggest obstacle (35%).
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The author(s) declared no conflict of interest. 
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