Lean competence: Integration of theories in operations management practice

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 216-226

  Parry, Glenn ^a   Mills, John ^b   Turner, Celine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerospace industry; Business process re engineering; Competences; Lean production; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951986347     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598541011039974     Document Type: Article

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