Applying lean techniques to the value stream in a job shop environment

28th Annual National Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management 2007 - Innovation Management: Innovation in a Flattened World, ASEM 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 129-138

  Tham, Y W ^a   Yu, W ^a   Baliga, B ^a  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lean job shops; Value stream mapping; Weighted production hours

Indexed keywords

DEMAND CONDITIONS; JOB SHOP; JOB SHOP ENVIRONMENT; METAL COMPONENTS; PRODUCTION HOURS; PRODUCTION VOLUMES; VALUE STREAM MAPPING; WORK-IN-PROCESS COSTS;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; INNOVATION; MACHINE SHOPS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84880071838     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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