Defining lean production: Some conceptual and practical issues

TQM Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-142

  Pettersen, Jostein ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lean production; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; JOURNAL ARTICLES; LEAN PRODUCTION; MANAGEMENT MODEL; PRACTICAL ISSUES;

QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 66749106284     PISSN: 17542731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542730910938137     Document Type: Article

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