Sequences of manufacturing improvement initiatives: The case of delayering

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1259-1277

  Åhlström, Pär ^a   Karlsson, Christer ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Delayering; Implementation; Lean production; Operations management

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543084495     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570010348244     Document Type: Article

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