Extent of the use of Lean concepts proposed for a value stream mapping application

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-98

  Serrano Lasa, Ibon ^a   Castro, Rodolfo De ^b   Laburu, Carlos Ochoa ^c  

^a IDEKO Pol Industrial de Arriaga   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lean concepts application; Lean production; Value stream mapping

Indexed keywords

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

KEY FACTORS; LEAN CONCEPTS APPLICATION; LEAN MANUFACTURING; LEAN PRODUCTION; MULTIPLE-CASE STUDIES; PRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS; RESEARCH TEAMS; SERIAL PRODUCTIONS; VALUE STREAM MAPPING;

APPLICATIONS;

EID: 61449233284     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280802685322     Document Type: Article

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