Lean service: A literature analysis and classification

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 359-380

  Suárez Barraza, Manuel F ^a   Smith, Tricia ^b   Dahlgaard Park, Su Mi ^c  

^a EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Mexico)

^b ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Analysis; Classification; Lean service; Lean thinking; Literature review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860161341     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783363.2011.637777     Document Type: Review

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