Automation, motivation and lean production reconsidered

Assembly Automation

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 98-103

  Coffey, Dan ^a   Thornley, Carole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assembly; Automation; Automotive industry; Lean production

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; AUTOMATION; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; PRODUCTIVITY;

LEAN PRODUCTION; PROGNOSIS;

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 33645706997     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150610658068     Document Type: Article

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