Transformation from batch to lean manufacturing: The performance issues

EMJ - Engineering Management Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 3-14

  Brown, Charles B ^a   Collins, Terry R ^b   McCombs, Edward L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lean manufacturing; Leansigma; Performance management

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; MANUFACTURE; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

LEAN MANUFACTURING; LEANSIGMA; PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION;

EID: 33748143475     PISSN: 10429247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10429247.2006.11431689     Document Type: Article

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