Is lean manufacture universally relevant? An investigative methodology

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 899-911

  James Moore, S M ^a   Gibbons, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerospace industry; Lean production; Modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142102680     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443579710171244     Document Type: Article

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