Operational performance and critical success factors of lean manufacturing in European food processing SMEs

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 156-164

  Dora, Manoj ^a   Kumar, Maneesh ^b   Van Goubergen, Dirk ^a   Molnar, Adrienn ^a   Gellynck, Xavier ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84878362799     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2013.03.002     Document Type: Note

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