Lean manufacturing in developing countries: Evidence from Indian SMEs

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 23, Issue 10-11, 2012, Pages 769-788

  Panizzolo, Roberto ^a   Garengo, Patrizia ^a   Sharma, Milind Kumar ^b   Gore, Amol ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b JAI NARAIN VYAS UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Management and Engineering   (Italy)

Author keywords

India; lean manufacturing; lean practices; small and medium companies

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPED ECONOMIES; INDIA; LEAN MANUFACTURING; LEAN PRACTICES; LEAN PRODUCTION; MANUFACTURING PERFORMANCE; MEDIUM SIZE ENTERPRISE; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; PRODUCTS AND SERVICES;

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84866293737     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2011.642155     Document Type: Article

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