The relationship between lean operations and sustainable operations

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 282-315

  Piercy, Niall ^a   Rich, Nick ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study; Green; Lean; Operations management; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921876633     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: 17586593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-03-2014-0143     Document Type: Article

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