Implementation of productivity improvement strategies in a small company

Technovation

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 311-320

  Gunasekaran, A ^a   Cecille, P ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; HOSE; INVENTORY CONTROL; JETS; JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; WINDSHIELD WIPERS;

KANBAN SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES; WIPER SYSTEM;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032058179     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4972(98)00005-4     Document Type: Article

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