Evidence of lean: A review of international peer-reviewed journal articles

European Business Review

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 174-205

  Arlbjørn, Jan Stentoft ^a   Freytag, Per Vagn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Journals; Lean; Lean levels; Lean production; Philosophy; Principles; Research work; Tool box lean

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874424559     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555341311302675     Document Type: Review

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