On the adoption of lean manufacturing principles in process industries

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 564-587

  Panwar, Avinash ^a   Nepal, Bimal P ^b   Jain, Rakesh ^c   Rathore, Ajay Pal Singh ^c  

^a Deptt of Computer Science Engineering   (India)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MALAVIYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

lean manufacturing; literature review; manufacturing management; process industry

Indexed keywords

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

DISCRETE MANUFACTURING; ITS APPLICATIONS; LEAN PRINCIPLES; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT; PROCESS INDUSTRIES; STATE-OF-THE ART REVIEWS; THEORY AND PRACTICE;

LEAN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84931075488     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2014.936532     Document Type: Article

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