Impact of product platforms on lean production systems: Evidence from industrial machinery manufacturing

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 57, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 110-131

  Alblas, Alex ^a   Wortmann, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Engineering change management; Information management; Lean production; Product platforms

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LEAN PRODUCTION; MACHINERY; MANUFACTURE;

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT; ENGINEERING CHANGE MANAGEMENTS; ENGINEERING CHANGES; INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY; INITIAL DEVELOPMENT; LEAN PRODUCTION SYSTEM; LIFE-CYCLE MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT PLATFORMS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84857265248     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2012.043954     Document Type: Article

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