Management initiatives and just-in-time manufacturing

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 271-292

  McLachlin, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case study research; Empirical research; Implementation; Just in time

Indexed keywords

PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PLANT MANAGEMENT;

CONTINUOUS FLOW MANUFACTURING;

JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION;

EID: 0031276902     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-6963(97)00010-7     Document Type: Article

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