Learning from less successful kaizen events: A case study

EMJ - Engineering Management Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 10-20

  Farris, Jennifer A ^a   Van Aken, Eileen M ^b   Doolen, Toni L ^c   Worley, June ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lean manufacturing; Productivity; Quality management; Teams

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

'CURRENT; BUSINESS METRICS; CASE-STUDIES; ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT; ENGINEERING MANAGERS; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; PUBLISHED ACCOUNTS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SYSTEMATIC RESEARCH; TEAM;

LEAN PRODUCTION;

EID: 54449088419     PISSN: 10429247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10429247.2008.11431772     Document Type: Article

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