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Abstract

Libya is among the few developing African economies. After the war in 2011, Libyan manufacturing industries was nurtured to offer better products and services as part of the Libyan government plan to rebuild their economy and improve their industry. Lean manufacturing is one of the improvement initiatives that can be used to boost industrial performance by eliminating of waste and enhancing value-added activities. The main purpose of this paper is to propose a relationship model between Lean Manufacturing practice and business performance with mediators of People Development and Process Improvement based on the Libyan manufacturing industries. The Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) techniques are used to examine the relationships of the practices. The contribution of this paper would be a conceptual model that will help the academicians and industry practitioners to have a better understanding of the relationship between the Lean Manufacturing practices and business performance, especially related to the Libyan manufacturing industries.