Working with 'Wild Rose I': Lean production in a greenfield mill

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 88-104

  Preston, Valerie ^a   Holmes, John N ^b   Williams, Allison ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Greenfield mills; Labour flexibility; Lean production

Indexed keywords

LABOUR FLEXIBILITY; PAPER INDUSTRY;

CANADA;

EID: 0031393002     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.1997.tb00931.x     Document Type: Article

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