Innovative lean: Work practices and product and process improvements

International Journal of Lean Six Sigma

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-84

  Angelis, Jannis ^a   Fernandes, Bruno ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b POSITIVO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Continuous improvement; Employees involvement; Lean; Lean production; Manufacturing industries; Production improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905966071     PISSN: 20404166     EISSN: 20404174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20401461211223740     Document Type: Article

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