Implementing Lean in aerospace - Challenging the assumptions and understanding the challenges

Technovation

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 917-928

  Crute, Valerie ^a   Ward, Yvonne ^a   Brown, Steve ^a   Graves, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerospace, manufacturing strategy; Lean

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL;

LEAN MANUFACTURING;

AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE;

EID: 0142043414     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4972(03)00081-6     Document Type: Article

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