Empowering Kanban through TPS-principles - An empirical analysis of the Toyota Production System

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 48, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 7089-7106

  Thun, Jorn Henrik ^a   Drüke, Martin ^b   Grubner, Andre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b DEERE AND COMPANY   (United States)

^c HENKEL KGAA   (Germany)

Author keywords

empirical analysis; JIT production; performance; Toyota Production System

Indexed keywords

CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; JIT PRODUCTION; KEY PRACTICES; MANUFACTURING PLANT; MANUFACTURING RESEARCH; MEASUREMENT CHARACTERISTICS; PATH ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; TOYOTA PRODUCTION SYSTEM;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION; MANUFACTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 78349257459     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540903436695     Document Type: Article

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