in finding out the starting point of LM in any organisation. The experts (starting from strategic decision making personnel to shop floor operators) were asked to recommend the starting point of lean system in their organisation.
Third part of the survey dealt with LM tools, techniques and the employees involved in the process. Survey was conducted to get ranking of various tools in their level of applicability depending on the type of operation of industry/organization on a Likert type five-point scale. There can be more number of tools or some tools may not find applicability depending on type of industry. Responses from CM (29) and DM (38) industries were obtained through 50 industries of each category (CM and DM) contacted for feedback. As the concept is very new and almost not properly known in CM industry it became time consuming to get the questionnaire survey to be completed.