Lean manufacturing: context, practice bundles, and performance
Rachna Shah,Peter T. Ward +1 more
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In this paper, the effects of three contextual factors, plant size, plant age and unionization status, on the likelihood of implementing 22 manufacturing practices that are key facets of lean production systems are examined.About:
This article is published in Journal of Operations Management.The article was published on 2003-03-01 and is currently open access. It has received 2576 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Lean project management & Lean accounting.read more
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