Creating change and driving innovation in highly automated and lean organizations: The Temporal Think Tank™ (T3™)

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 879-887

  Lindeke, Richard R ^a   Wyrick, David A ^b   Chen, Hongyi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering management; Idea selection; Innovation; Lean enterprise; Temporal think tank (T3 )

Indexed keywords

BEST PRACTICE; ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT; ENTREPRENEURIAL THINKING; IDEA SELECTION; LEAN ENTERPRISE; NEW PROCESS; RESEARCH CENTER; TEAM SETTING;

AUTOMATION; INNOVATION;

TANKS (CONTAINERS);

EID: 68949205015     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcim.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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