Characteristics of lean product introduction

International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 378-401

  Haque, Badr ^a   Moore, Michael James ^b  

^a ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aerospace industry; lean product development; Lean product introduction; lean thinking; new product introduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242519025     PISSN: 14709511     EISSN: 17415012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijatm.2002.002096     Document Type: Article

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