Lean production, market share and value creation in the agricultural machinery sector in Brazil

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 853-871

  Forrester, Paul L ^a   Shimizu, Ullisses Kazumi ^b   Soriano Meier, Horacio ^c   Garza Reyes, Jose Arturo ^d   Basso, Leonardo Fernando Cruz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; Craft production; Lean production; Market share; Resource management

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; CRAFT PRODUCTION; LEAN PRODUCTION; MARKET SHARE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); COMMERCE; COMPETITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INDUSTRY; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS;

EID: 77956623955     PISSN: 1741038X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410381011077955     Document Type: Article

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