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A flexible methodology for the implementation of lean manufacturing was design to be applied in
the industrial company sector which started with existing theoretical models. The ICOM methodology was
used to determine the relationship between processes and the construction of a context diagram making that the implementation of lean manufacturing be easily understood by companies. The main implementation methods from different authors who write about lean manufacturing were revised, identifying the fourteen most utilized practices using a comparative form, through which an implementation methodology was designed for small companies and unexperienced people. Consequently, this article proposes a simple and fast alternative to reach the successful implementation of lean manufacturing through the steps that this methodology and model suggest.
