Reconceptualizing the effects of lean on production costs with evidence from the F-22 program

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-44

  Browning, Tyson R ^a   Heath, Ralph D ^b  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agile; Aircraft manufacturing; Case field study; Lean manufacturing; Lean production; Learning curves; Process improvement

Indexed keywords

COSTS;

AGILE; CASE/FIELD STUDY; LEAN MANUFACTURING; LEAN PRODUCTION; LEARNING CURVES; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 57649084221     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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