A leanness measure of manufacturing systems for quantifying impacts of lean initiatives

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 46, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 6567-6584

  Wan, Hung Da ^a   Frank Chen, F ^a  

^a The University of Texas at San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Lean manufacturing; Leanness measure; Slacks based measure

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORTS; LEAN MANUFACTURING; LEAN TOOLS; LEANNESS MEASURE; LINEAR PROGRAMS; MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; METRICS; PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS; PRODUCTION PROCESSES; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; SLACKS-BASED MEASURE;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

LINEAR PROGRAMMING;

EID: 54349104675     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540802230058     Document Type: Article

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