Developing an understanding of lean thinking in process industries

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 475-494

  Lyons, Andrew Charles ^a   Vidamour, Keith ^a   Jain, Rakesh ^b   Sutherland, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MALAVIYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

field study; lean manufacturing; multi method; process industries; survey

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FIELD STUDIES; INTEGRATION OF SUPPLIERS; LEAN MANUFACTURING; MANUFACTURING PERFORMANCE; MULTI METHODS; PROCESS INDUSTRIES; TRANSFORMATION SYSTEMS;

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; ONTOLOGY; SURVEYS; TAXONOMIES;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84877952743     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2011.633576     Document Type: Article

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