Successful lean implementation: Organizational culture and soft lean practices

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 160, Issue , 2015, Pages 182-201

  Bortolotti, Thomas ^a   Boscari, Stefania ^b   Danese, Pamela ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

High performance manufacturing; Lean management; Multi group analysis; Operational performance; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

LEAN PRODUCTION; MANAGERS; MANUFACTURE;

ANALYTICAL TOOL; CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS; FUTURE ORIENTATIONS; LEAN IMPLEMENTATION; LEAN MANAGEMENT; MULTI-GROUP; OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURES;

PERSONNEL TRAINING;

EID: 84920517739     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2014.10.013     Document Type: Article

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