How did the publication of the book The Machine That Changed The World change management thinking? Exploring 25 years of lean literature

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1386-1407

  Samuel, Donna ^a   Found, Pauline ^b   Williams, Sharon J ^c  

^a SA Partners   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCKINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Improvement; Lean; Literature review; Toyota Production System; TPS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941685545     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: 17586593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-12-2013-0555     Document Type: Review

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