Companies' perceptions of inhibitors and enablers for process improvement activities

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-199

  Bateman, Nicola ^a   Rich, Nick ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuing development; Employee development; Kaizen; Operations management; Shopfloor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037288609     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570310458447     Document Type: Conference Paper

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