Development of a continuous improvement self-assessment tool

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1138-1153

  Caffyn, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuous improvement; Kaizen; Measurement; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033485202     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443579910291050     Document Type: Article

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