Preliminary results of a survey of adoption of lean production show consistent results for adoption motives, most frequently
internalized practices and perceived effects of adoption of lean production. Lithuanian companies adopt lean production mostly
expecting to increase efficiency, to develop problem solving and housekeeping capabilities. They internalize employee training
on lean principles and practices, integration of quality control into work processes, work standardization, Gemba, 5S more
frequently than other practices. Finally, they perceive increased efficiency, accomplishment of order, service delivery on time,
and decreased unnecessary movements, defectiveness as the most important effects of adoption. Results of the survey show that
lean production is used to increase leanness of operations in terms of increased efficiency, delivery speed, decreased costs and
defects. However, lean production is intended to support leanness together with agility, constituted by capabilities of fast
introduction of new products and cost effective mass customization. Results illuminate that Lithuanian companies adopting lean
production are becoming leaner but the full potential of lean production allows being lean and agile at the same time.