On the meaning of ‘Waste’: review and definition

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 244-255

  Thürer, Matthias ^a   Tomašević, Ivan ^b   Stevenson, Mark ^c  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

buffer; lean; systematic literature review; Waste

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; WASTES;

BUFFER; LEAN; NOCV1; PERFORMANCE TARGETS; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSFORMATION PROCESS; VALUE ADDING ACTIVITIES; WASTE REDUCTION;

MANAGERS;

EID: 84997684072     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2016.1264640     Document Type: Review

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