Organizing for continuous improvement: Structures and roles in automotive components plants

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 22, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 680-692

  Delbridge, Rick ^a   Barton, Harry ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alliances; Automotive components industry; Kaizen; Organizational structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036017733     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570210427686     Document Type: Article

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