Critical success factors for lean implementation within SMEs

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 460-471

  Achanga, Pius ^a   Shehab, Esam ^a   Roy, Rajkumar ^a,b   Nelder, Geoff ^a,b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DTI's MAS ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical success factors; Lean production; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

DELPHI TECHNIQUES; LEADERSHIP; LEAN IMPLEMENTATION; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRESES (SMES);

DATA PRIVACY; INVENTORY CONTROL; PERSONNEL; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 33645684522     PISSN: 1741038X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410380610662889     Document Type: Article

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