Application of benchmarking for assessing the lean manufacturing implementation

Benchmarking

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 274-308

  Gurumurthy, Anand ^a   Kodali, Rambabu ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Best practice; Just in time; Lean production; Manufacturing systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349556109     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770910948268     Document Type: Article

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