Lean thinking with improvement teams in retail distribution: A case study

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 449-465

  Jaca, Carmen ^a   Santos, Javier ^a   Errasti, Ander ^a   Viles, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Case study; Change management; Improvement; Lean thinking; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860121224     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783363.2011.593907     Document Type: Article

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