Exploring barriers in lean implementation

International Journal of Lean Six Sigma

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 122-148

  Jadhav, Jagdish R ^a   Mantha, Shankar S ^b   Rane, Santosh B ^a  

^a SARDAR PATEL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b All India Council for Technical Education   (India)

Author keywords

Barriers; Implementation; Lean; Toyota Production System (TPS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924349834     PISSN: 20404166     EISSN: 20404174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJLSS-12-2012-0014     Document Type: Article

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