A study on lean manufacturing implementation in the Malaysian electrical and electronics industry

European Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 521-535

  Wong, Yu Cheng ^a   Wong, Kuan Yew ^a   Ali, Anwar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Intel Technology Malaysia Sdn Bhd   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Electrical and electronics; Lean manufacturing; Lean tools; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951949589     PISSN: 1450216X     EISSN: 1450202X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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