Lean practices for product and process improvement: Involvement and knowledge capture

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing

Volumn 246, Issue , 2007, Pages 347-354

  Angelis, Jannis J ^a   Fernandes, Bruno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b POSITIVO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Continuous improvement; Lean Operations; Worker involvement

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS; EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT; EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION; LEAN OPERATIONS; MANUFACTURING SITES; PROBLEM-SOLVING ABILITIES; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; WORKER INVOLVEMENT;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 37549025005     PISSN: 15715736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-74157-4_41     Document Type: Conference Paper

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