Hoshin Kanri planning: The system of five alignments behind the Toyota Production System

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 381-401

  Mothersell, William M ^a   Moore, Michael L ^b   Reinerth, Michael W ^c  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment; Hoshin Kanri; Lean practice; Toyota Production System; TPS

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949140639     PISSN: 17510252     EISSN: 17510260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2008.018587     Document Type: Article

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