Using kaizen events for back office processes: The recruitment of frontline supervisor co-ops

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1139-1147

  Montabon, Frank ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frontline supervisor; Kaizen; Kaizen blitz; Kaizen event; Process improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144492810     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360500235876     Document Type: Article

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