Measuring parameters of lean manufacturing realization

Measuring Business Excellence

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 57-71

  Chauhan, Gulshan ^a   Singh, T P ^b  

^a PANIPAT INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL DEEMED UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Lean manufacturing; Lean production; Manufacturing industry; Parameters; Process efficiency; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865400240     PISSN: 13683047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13683041211257411     Document Type: Article

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