Application of constrained management and lean manufacturing in developing best practices for productivity improvement in an auto-assembly plant

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 55, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 332-345

  Taj, Shahram ^a   Berro, Lismar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Lean production; Manufacturing systems; Productivity rate; Robotics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645652483     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410400610653264     Document Type: Article

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