An empirical study of the setup-reduction process

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-131

  Leschke, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical research; JIT; Process improvement; Setup reduction; SMED

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011964937     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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