Lean production as promoter of thinkers to achieve companies' agility

Learning Organization

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 219-237

  Alves, Anabela C ^a   Dinis Carvalho, José ^a   Sousa, Rui M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Agile production; Employees productivity; Human potential; Lean manufacturing; Lean production; Learning organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859378670     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696471211219930     Document Type: Review

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